Quote:I'm of a mixed opinion on this topic.

 

On the one hand, it is good that finally we are active in free agency again.

 

I got sick of the Ketchmanite mantra of "No bargains the first week of free agency" every year, as other teams got good players.

 

I think the team had some decent signings thus far.  Bryant and Beadles upgrades LDE and LG, respectively.

 

Gerhart intrigues me and, if he gets the C and G, could be a very productive RB.  Almost like this generation's Keenan McCardell signing.

 

I am not AGAINST these signings so far, and I would applaud a Thurmond signing.

 

Furthermore, we need role players.  Not every free agent signing can be a top dollar, premiere guy.

 

But are these guys difference makers?  Are they catalysts?  Do any of these guys give us matchup advantages the way a shut down corner like Talib would?

 

I think these signings represent progress, but no one of these guys, at face value, appears to put the Jaguars "over the top."

 

Let's not have the illusion that we could have ever been put "over the top" with a single free agency period.  That's simply not realistic.

 

The addition of Bryant, Beadles, and Gearhart are plenty to be justifiably upbeat about.

 

The point is that players are gravitating towards Gus.  This is a feeling we haven't ever had here.  It's certainly something new, and something to watch, especially if it's something we can build on.

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