(03-17-2021, 12:15 PM)Upper Wrote:

(03-17-2021, 03:55 AM)JagFanatic24 Wrote: I don’t think we missed out. I think players just don’t want to play for Jax. If the Packers and Jags offer the same amount of money, then they goin’ to Green Bay.

48 hours ago we were all talking about how great of a situation Jax was in. Trent Williams and Richard Sherman were on a podcast talking up how close Jax actually was to being back in contention! Trevor Lawrence was a plug and play franchise QB! Urban Meyer is an exciting players coach that everyone loves! No state taxes! Good weather and beaches! All of the Coughlin/NFLPA negativity in the rear view mirror!

We missed out, plain and simple.

Yes, we were all thinking we are in a great position. We actually are as we restart this franchise with cap room, draft picks a new coach and management structure. That is us, we attend games and dwell over all sorts of things the players can give a @#%@ about. Try to look at it from a players view. They would see a constantly under performing team, that has a successful college coach that has never been a head coach NFL and is restarting. We did this in 2016 and had a really good year in 2017 only to rapidly decline into a mess.  They will get say 10 mill from team A that has a proven track record or 12 mill from us where they are signing up for a rebuild with all the issues related to that. Also, what actual environment they will sign up for is completely unknown.  Give it time we will build a rep, what that will be ...

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