(09-02-2021, 06:31 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(09-01-2021, 07:56 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: Five of the thirteen are at one position (wide receiver)..  Why do people think they did that?

Several reasons.  

First, the WR group on the active roster is thin.  Only 5 guys, of whom I think 3 are nursing injuries.  

Secondly, it's good to have players who know the offense, so they can come in and play on a moment's notice, and all 5 of those guys were in training camp so they know the offense.  Having been in camp and knowing the offense is enough of a factor that a player on the waiver wire has to be substantially better than the player they would cut to make room for him.  And it appears that Meyer/Baalke didn't think the players available were good enough to offset the fact that they were not in training camp and don't know them.  

Third, they just like those guys, and want to keep them.  

You have to keep in mind, it's not really a 53 man roster.  With the new practice squad rules, it's really a 69 man roster.  In the past, the practice squad was (I think) 8 guys, any of whom could be claimed by another team at any time.  Now, the practice squad is 16 guys.  6 of them can be veterans, and 4 of them can be protected against claim by another team.  

Also, consider this: if we kept 7 WRs on our 53 man roster, which is plausible, that would be 13% of our 53.  If we keep 10 WRs on our active + practice squad roster, that would be 14%.  Not a big difference.  

I have to say, there are a lot of people on this message board who see the Jaguars doing something they don't understand or immediately agree with, and their default reaction is, "Urban Meyer and Trent Baalke are stupid and don't know what they are doing."  I take the opposite approach.  I try to understand why they might be doing whatever it is that I initially don't understand.  But I know a message board would be boring if everyone did that, and I also know from experience that if I call people out for this lack of self-awareness, the response would be, "What, I'm not supposed to question things?"