(09-27-2021, 07:06 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(09-27-2021, 05:05 PM)Bullseye Wrote: First off, I too was against the CJ Henderson selection.  I too, wanted Wirfs, Jeudy, Ruggs, or anyone else that would have given us a better indicia whether Minshew was truly the answer at QB. If Minshew was not the answer as he ultimately proved hte presence of Wirfs or Jeudy or Ruggs or whomever would make things easier for the replacement.

But CJ Henderson has given the team some decent play at CB, even with his injuries, even with the off field speculation.  There is some reason to be disappointed with this trade.  Chaisson?  I HATED the pick when it was made, and there has been NOTHING Chaisson has done since his selection to make me change my mind.  I will be glad when he is gone.

Have I lost faith in this organization?

Yes.

It's one thing to miss on a lot of draft picks.  Lots of things can go into whether a draft pick succeed or fails.  It happens.

It's another thing to actually hit on players and time after time after time let them walk away or trade them away.  It makes it impossible to show sustained improvement  always keeps us drafting on a treadmill, and keeps us at the bottom of the standings.  It seems purposeful futility the way so many players are alienated from this organization.  All of the players who leave or get shipped out are painted by the local media and fan base as malcontents who are anathema to winning.  Yet player after player...from Allen Robinson to Jalen Ramsey...to Calais Campbell to Leonard Fournette to Yannick Ngakoue have all gone to winning teams.  The Bears, Rams, Ravens, Bucs have all been to the playoffs with players we've concluded are too selfish to win with.  Fournette managed to win a Super Bowl and has been a key contributor.  Ngakoue bounced around from Minnesota and Baltimore before winding up with the Raiders.  With him, the Raiders are currently 3-0.  Yes, we managed to sign Tevin Smith to a second contract, but we still don't know what made him step away from the team.  He had some off filed issues, but also expressed some dissatisfaction with the team. If the team knew there were off field issues that made him too destructive to keep, why not allocate his money to another deserving player?   Since we purged the roster of all these players, what have we accomplished?  Two losing seasons?  A 1-15 season and an 0-3 start to the next year?  Speculation we may break the Bucs' longstanding record of consecutive losses?  We managed to get two first round picks and a 4th for Ramsey, and turned them into Chaisson and a currently out for the season Travis Etienne, and traded up in the 4th round for Jordan Smith...a guy who hasn't sniffed the field.  What did we get for Ngakoue?  A 2 and a 5 from Minnesota.  We turned that 2nd round pick into Walker Little...a guy who hasn't been active three games into the season.

At what point do we start to actually accumulate good talent?

I understand what you are saying 100% and I agree completely. Rooting for this team is a lot like having a cheating wife. She does it over and over and you keep taking her back, but at what point do you say, enough is enough and cut ties? Nothing ever seems to change with this team. It's just the same stuff over and over. Are we cursed?

Some franchises just can’t put it together and then all of a sudden, it clicks for whatever reason. The Pats with Brady and Belicheck. Maybe the Browns with Stefanski/Berry. 

I think when it finally does click for Jacksonville, it’s going to be so worth it. Trust me. I’m a Caps fan for hockey and it was rough for a while but when they won the Cup a few years ago, it was the absolute best. I ran down my street drinking beers with my neighbors and then we watched highlights and the game all over again until 4am. Pure joy man.

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