(12-14-2023, 08:17 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(12-13-2023, 10:28 PM)Eric1 Wrote: Doesn't matter how much talent at WR the incoming draft class has, you still have to remember who the GM is.

Baalke can't draft WRs to save his life. Dude has been god awful at drafting WRs over his history.

I also don't see a rookie WR coming in here and duplicating what Ridley has done so far. Through 13 games, Ridley has 55 catches, 742 yards and 5 TD. Pretty sure he also leads the league in drawing DPI calls as well.

Do we really expect a rookie to come in and go for at least 65+ catches, nearly 1k or so yards and say 6 or 7 TDs? Sounds like we're setting up for expectation failure imo.

Rashee Rice essentially has the numbers right now.

And this upcoming draft class is very good. Definitely better than the rookie class this year.

I don’t know what’s the right move here and a lot will depend on the last 4 (hopefully more) games the Jags have left.

Ridley just isn’t consistent enough and is still making rookie/week 1 mistakes. With Trevor, I do think a rookie can do what Ridley is doing. They also would have a much lower cap figure.

I hope Ridley turns it on here in the last month because the Jags need him to be great.

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(12-14-2023, 12:11 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Exactly. Plug and play sounds a lot easier on paper, but in practice? It's not. I also think the obvious issues to our problems are literally front and center and staring right at us down the middle, on both sides of the football. 

Fix those issues up front and the odds of this offense flourishing further with Lawrence's abilities goes through the roof. Funny enough, all of those big names listed above? None of them have ever won the big game. 

You're also forking over draft picks, probably more than a 2nd RD pick, in addition to inheriting a big salary cap figure or potential contract extension that needs to be resolved.

So now because those big name WRs haven’t won the big game they’re bad? You wouldn’t take Jefferson or Lamb or Chase on this team? Is it McLaurins fault he’s played with bums his whole life?

Can’t blame team failures on a single player.

No. I am saying that this team is not one, superstar receiver away from winning the Superbowl. And, in the grand scheme of things, it may actually be a detriment to one teams success Vs. building it properly which starts with the foundation. 

For starters, this defensive and offensive front needs a ton of work. It's weak in the middle, lacks push, lacks toughness, lacks consistency. I think Lawrence is good enough now with a lack luster line with the current WR group and TE group and that's why I am not overly concerned with getting any of those players above, plus, more than likely paying more than what you would pay for Ridley per year plus giving up more valuable picks over just a late 2nd RD choice. 

I just think patience is key here. We're fixing to hit year four now on Lawrence's rookie deal. We've already [BLEEP] up an early opportunity to build around that. We should have spent more cap space and draft capital towards giving him better protection up front and bolstering our defensive front in my opinion. You go out and get the WR1, TE1 and RB1 after you've established a solid foundation.

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