(10-30-2023, 08:38 AM)NoShoes Wrote:

(10-29-2023, 11:27 PM)OG-JAGFAN Wrote: Trevor Lawrence: 1 stupid pass from another great performance. Take away that 1 redzone mistake and he had a heck of a game.

ETN: Probably our best overall player. Another gritty game. The concern I have is that he is carrying the ball way too much. He is on pace for around 400 carries this year. Too much will shorten his career. We may need to try and trade for a reliable backup because he can't continue to take the pounding. He was still playing when the game was well put away. Bigsby has fumbled the ball way too much on his limited carries.

Engram: This guy is going to shatter all the Jaguar tight end records. He is not only the best tight end on the team but a top 3 tight end in the league.

Josh Allen: Money is a hell of a motivator. By far the best we have ever seen him look. Another 2 sack performance puts him at 9 in 8 games. He is on pace to break the Jaguars sack record.

Dewey: People need to eat some sloppy crow for hating on this man. He is not only one of the best speakers and motivators on the team, he performs. I admit I wanted him cut early last year and admit I was wrong!  Dewey is a DOG!  Great INT in the middle of the field.

McManus: This guy is money. It's a luxury to have a guy to be reliable as him. He has a leg and accurate from long range. He should get the special teams player of the weak for all the long kicks today. 4/4 all were long in the rain!

Trevon Walker: He is on pace for 7 sacks this year and that would be progress. The guy is a good football player so there is still hope he could prove to be worth the pick.  He is a disruptor and forces double teams. Already better than bums we drafted in the 1st like Derrick Harvey.

Calvin Ridley: Made some tough long catches in bad conditions today.  It is going to be a touch decision to extend him or let him go after the season. The question you have to ask is if he worth a second round pick because the team has to give that up if he is extended beyond this year.

Entire Defense: From the DC calls to the play of the team on all levels. Going on the road and shutting down a  4-2 team is no easy task. Good Stuff. Mike Caldwell may get some head coaching interviews after this season.

The Media: They continue to let us fly under the radar. Every time we win the story is what was wrong with the other team instead of saying the Jaguars are really good. Sooner or later the Jaguars are going to take respect instead of earning it. Eventually sustained success will make the media run out of excuses.

Travis is on pace for around 320 Carries….  Not 400

I'm sure he meant touches which includes receptions.  He currently has 178 touches through 8 games which puts him on pace for 378 touches for the year not including extra playoff games.  

There's a thing called the "curse of 370" which shows over and over again that backs that get 370 touches or more in a given year have a huge drop off in production the following year be it from injury or otherwise.  Eric Dickerson was like the only exception to the "rule".  I'd like to get ETN on a pace that projects him well under that number.  They need to get his touches down to 15 to 17 per game.  Maybe that looks like a straight line of games where his touches fall around that target or maybe in some of the less important games (i.e. the matchups against NFC opponents) they intentionally pull his touches back to around 10 for the game and let the other guys put some work in, or hopefully we can get up big early against someone and just give him the rest of the day off.

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