(09-27-2021, 04:36 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(09-27-2021, 11:49 AM)MoJagFan Wrote: This franchise is awful and I have a sinking suspicion the NFLPA has it out for the team. Those grievances that we know of are probably tip of the iceberg stuff. 

We mistreat players that perform on the field. They gave contracts early to the wrong players. The stories on Caldwell were horrible and it speaks very poorly about the owner. 

The owner tolerates all the wrong behavior and holds the players to a higher standard then his front office and coaches.

I am not a big pro player advocate but I can't imagine being with this team the past 12 years. It has been double talk and a complete nightmare outside of one year. And then the franchise kept pointing at 2017 as if they did something.

Overall, I am in agreement with you.

The few good layers we actually draft are almost always alienated by the team, and when it comes to the second contract, most of the top performers never get one.

Like Fournette, Henderson never even got close to the end of his first contract.

Khan tolerating it?  I'm beginning to think he ENCOURAGES this sort of thing.  It has happened way too often during his tenure as owner for me to think it's not policy at this point.

I have not heard any stories about Caldwell, other than the thing with Ramsey.

I shudder to think what will happen if Lawrence is all we expect him to be and it comes time to re-signing him.

Completely agree Bullseye and been saying this for a while. The fact all of our talented players want out is a huge red flag yet time and again we call the player a 'diva' or a 'problem'. A lot of this teams problems started in that closet in Houston with Ramsey. We let most of that 2017 D walk out and not got much in return and wasted what we did get. 

I watched the Bucs 'Americas Game' the other day and Fournette was one of the players talking through the season and he said how he thought he'd be in Jacksonville for a long time and spent the first half of the year with the Bucs upset that we had cut him and took him a while to process it. 

I see people saying Henderson was a bust and good riddance but this idea that if a rookie doesnt immediately play at an all pro level then hes no good. Its nuts. Sam Darnold was a bust and no good for the Jets but hes not looking too bad this season.

And thats the giant elephant in the room with Lawrence. We cant screw that one up.

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