(12-23-2020, 02:20 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(12-23-2020, 02:15 PM)Bullseye Wrote: But the important thing is to start.

The Jaguars don't immediately go from 1-15 team to Suer Bowl champion just by drafting Trevor Lawrence.  The team will have to add offensive linemen, more receivers/TE, and help on all three levels of the defense, the right GM, and coach, etc.  But that doesn't mean you don't draft Lawrence because he alone is not the sole answer.

As a 40 year Jacksonville resident who worked downtown for 12 years, seriously explored living in Springfield, and having parents who lived in a loft on Adams Street for 10 years, I am a natural skeptic of all things downtown growth. 

I am in the believe it when I see it crowd. Prove me wrong Jax!

+1000.

Two events seriously hindered downtown as a desirable place to live: the consolidation of Jax into a county wide municipality in 1968, and the decision to not extend the Skyway to the suburbs in the 90's. Both could have allowed for more downtown growth than has occurred, though the skyway extension was and still is a huge infrastructure nightmare.

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