(11-22-2023, 03:11 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(11-22-2023, 11:17 AM)SeldomRite Wrote: My opinions on the quality of the roster aren't about stats, it's about the eye test.

When I watch the Jaguars play what I see is a very well coached team getting the most out of a so-so defensive roster and a QB playing behind a bad offensive line.

Whose fault is it that the line is bad? Whose fault is it that the defense can mostly bend without breaking against bad offensive teams (until those teams decide they have to throw deep, then they go right down the field for TDs during points in the game when that should be the thing our defense is the most focused on stopping) but get run over by the 49ers and texans?

Whose fault is it that 2 years after being the worst team in the league, we're not the best team in the league?  Whose fault is it that 2 years after being the worst team in the league, the team is not completely rebuilt, without a single remaining weakness, and clobbering all the elite teams?  Is that what you're asking?

Don't straw-man me, it only undermines your argument. The Jaguars' offensive line so far has probably been the bottom of the league. I'm not asking for them to be number one, I'm stating that Baalke has been the GM for three years, drafted three offensive linemen and signed another in high price free agency, and it's a bottom of the league unit. Is that acceptable to you? We're not talking about them being average, with average this team probably has another win or two and Trevor never got his knee injury.

The fact that Doug and Trevor have gotten the Jaguars to 7-3 in spite of it says incredible things about them both, but you don't win Superbowls when the ball has to be out of the QBs' hands in two seconds to save him from being crunched and you're running for 3.8 yards an attempt with a first round running back.

The worst part about the Jaguars right now is most of our impact talent is from free agency or the last regime. Trevor was a no brainier, but besides making the pick anyone could have made, which draftees that Baalke has taken seem to be headed for pro bowl status? Etienne? Maybe, but a first round running back had better be an elite back for you to take them that high, and he hasn't been that this year, good, but by no means elite. Campbell? Probably not while playing for Jax. Lloyd? He's playing decently, but again, off the ball linebackers on teams like Jax don't get much love. Cisco? He'll need a lot more ints before he gets consideration.

It's hard to win long term when you're drafting backup level players on the second day of the draft on a team that is by no means stacked with elite talent.

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