(09-12-2023, 02:27 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote:

(09-12-2023, 01:33 PM)Caldrac Wrote: It was fun though while it lasted. He had his moments. We were coming off a high in 2017 and then had a horrible low in 2018. Went all in with Foles and then he goes down in week one after a beauty of a TD pass to Chark. 

He hasn't been able to recapture that magic anywhere else since then. I think why most of us loved him so much, and still do to be fair, is because of his personality. It's the same affinity for Blake Bortles. 

It was hard not to like those guys because they were:

A. Tough S.O.B's
B. Scrappy
C. Really had no talent around them on offense to thrive

Jacksonville has learned from these mistakes. They got lucky landing Lawrence but they didn't also sit back and say, "Here kid, this is a box of matchsticks. I need you to build me a mall with it".

They broke the bank for him. They signed multiple receivers on offense, traded for his future and now viable Alpha receiver in Ridley, they signed Engram and extended him. They drafted Harrison at RT, they drafted Little at LT/LG, they drafted Fortner at Center. They signed Scherff. They at least tried to build around him immediately. 

Instead of throwing him to the [BLEEP] wolves the way these other guys were for the most part. Let's not forget. The guy that traded Ramsey to LA and had Tristan Wirfs and Justin Jefferson staring at him to improve his offense immediately for a guy like Minshew opted to backfill with the likes of Henderson and Chaisson.

Yeah but with them we most likely wouldn't have been bad enough to get Trevor. Caldwell was playing the long game.

Maybe. After Khan spared him twice I wouldn't blame him for being confident and thinking that way going into that draft. Ultimately it all worked out the way it did. I am grateful for it. Landing Lawrence here could put this team on the map. It genuinely feels like we have a shot at a Superbowl now.

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