(03-16-2024, 11:23 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-16-2024, 10:51 AM)Cleatwood Wrote: Engram is certainly on that level as a receiving threat.

Not just the final 4 teams but look at all the playoff teams. Almost all of them had an elite WR on their team. Jags don’t have that. 

ARSB. Tyreek. Waddle. Aiyuk. Deebo. Diggs. Evans. Nico. Cooper (arguable). Kupp. Puka. AJB. Devonta. Lamb. These are all elite/borderline elite/ very good separators. 

You don’t NEED an elite WR to win a SB but you need a lot of other areas to be elite in order to win. Jags DLine is close to that but the OLine, WR room, linebackers and secondary are all average. 

As someone else mentioned, drafting and developing players is something Baalke and the Jags haven’t been able to do. And when they do draft and develop, they botch the extension (Josh Allen).

I love the Armstead signing. Reminds me of Calais but I don’t trust Baalke in the draft and to me, that’s the most important attribute a GM can have. Nailing the draft and finding gems in the later rounds. Rams didn’t have a 1st round pick and NAILED their draft last year.

They haven't botched the extension with Allen.  Botching the extension would be bending over and giving him whatever he's asking for.

I agree we do not need to have a #1 receiver to win the Superbowl. That is why I am critical of trading for an established one. I feel it would be a waste of resources badly needed elsewhere. What you do need are enough good WR's that can work together to keep a defense honest. Last year with Ridley we tried to MAKE him a #1. We failed. More than a few time I saw another receiver break open (sometimes wide open) while Treavor was spending too much time looking at Ridley.

I do not agree they botched any extension with Josh.  Josh was the big dog in the market this year. He was NOT going to sign anything they put in front of him. He was going to force them to tag him to keep him while negotiating the same as Ingram did last year. They will come to agreement sometime before the season.  Don't believe me? Go look at this same situation across the league. (tagable player coming off a really good season that is #1 or 2 at his position in free agency)

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