(03-04-2024, 11:28 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(03-04-2024, 11:16 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Even then, what good does waiting until 2025 do for the team NOW? Especially in this deep of a WR class? It just doesn't make a ton of sense. We'll see. Maybe Baalke's cooking up something good, or, maybe he's just nuking a [BLEEP] gas station burrito in the microwave to force this fanbase to stomach and try to pass all off season.

Again, the failure wasn't in the trade attempting to make your team better in 2023.  The failure was in not having an alternative at center.  Every other perceived "failure" stems from not being able to run the offense effectively in 2023 because the center and IOL in general was a major liability.  Pushing a 3rd from 2024 to potentially a 3rd in 2025 in an earnest attempt to improve the roster in 2023 isn't that big of a deal in my opinion and lessens the blow of the narrative that we straight up gave up a 3 for a failed year.

I think it's a failure when you factor in that Lawrence is due a massive extension after this year and you also have another year into everybody's contract getting closer to expiring or having to move on from them completely from that 2022 free agency class. 

We're essentially kicking the tires and pissing away a very rare window of opportunity in the NFL. This is where Baalke falls woefully short and it should ultimately result in his final nail in the coffin unless he starts working crazy voodoo magic here soon. 

This is looking like a C grade sequel to his stint in San Francisco. It's the idea that you're losing a pick for a guy that you apparently didn't think much towards in terms of long term development or chemistry within the offense during a year where it's a pretty deep WR class. They're going to have to backfill his job. This also leaves you with one year of Zay Jones and maybe Jamaal Agnew.

Who else do we have now at WR outside of Christian Kirk? It's really not a lot man. I think it's being downplayed significantly now this off season because nobody wanted to look much further past the obvious issues above which is fair, to an extent. I said it earlier this year. Classic Jaguars. By the time they finally fix the offensive line? They'll be looking for another go-to receiver or two to move the chains with. 

Blunder after blunder after blunder. Same old Jaguars.

We got the fire starter!
Cool, where's the wood?

We got the driver!
Cool, where's the car?

We got the Guns!
Cool, where's the ammo?

They never seem to marry it all up at the right time.

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