(10-10-2021, 06:10 PM)OzJohnnie Wrote: I could care less if UM personally succeeds or fails.  I'm here for a player (not TLaw, surprisingly).  But if UM leaves then that guarantees this teams sucks for at least two more seasons after this one.  There is no talent.  The players are not good enough, particularly on D and in the WR/TE corp.  It's tragically obvious.  This team is on a three year (at least) turnaround and it will all happen (or not) off the magic in TLaw's arm.

Think back to the trade/draft period consensus on this board.  Everyone was certain that UM was insane for saying the OLine was the only part of the team that was solid.  Here we are five games in and... the OLine is the only part of this team that is acceptable (at a smidge better than league average performance).  There are individuals scattered around who could get a spot in another side, but as a unit the OLine is the only thing going.  Despite this board knowing better it turns out that UM was not smoking crack when he put almost all of his FA investment into the defense.

He did, by the way, try to attract TE talent and not one quality TE was willing to join the team in FA.  Not one.  Why?  Because it is a high chance of career suicide.  If TLaw is a bust then you've signed a biggish contract with the absolute worst team and your employment satisfaction is in the tank until you retire.  Not that attractive a proposition to high achievers.


Broken record time:  You want high quality talent to join this squad?  Then hope TLaw performs and the coaching ranks are stable.  Because if TLaw doesn't show superstar promise and if coaching changes again then the only people who will be willing to come to Jacksonville are the unmanageable troublemakers and the unfortunate draftees.

Good post. These are all very valid points. Coming into this season I predicted 4-5 wins, and that was being optimistic. Now it's in question if we win any, but I think we will. The point being there is absolutely no characteristic of this team, before the season and now, which says we'll be successful any time soon. Yes, we have a stud RB (who is stupidly kept on the sidelines on critical plays), an unpredictably decent Oline, and a star rookie QB who is just that - a rookie who is not only struggling to learn his own game but is dealing with a not-so-talented WR squad and no reliably good TEs. Couple that with a coach who has no NFL experience and the formula is predictable and prolonged disappointment this season. 

Patience is all I can preach. It's tough. Especially for the fanbase of a team who expected greater things and it seems worse now than ever. Good things are coming, I firmly believe it. No one has been more judgmental of this bad team than me, but I believe there is light at the end of the tunnel. Or was that the 1:05 from Nashville? 

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