(06-20-2024, 08:10 AM)Mikey Wrote: I think Indy is a case of everyone trying to get on the bandwagon before the hype is realized. The tacks won the offseason by spending like oilbarons, but it's yet to be seen whether Levis is legit or liability.

We'll get talk, thanks to Lawrence and Allen's new deals. We have the highest-paid QB in football now and have yet to finish a season more than a game over .500 - the narrative all season will be "was he worth it? Can he get them a return on the investment?"

Tinhorns are the darlings, I don't think anyone expected them to burst out the gate and get results as quickly as they did. Their challenge is to prove it wasn't a fluke.

I have a feeling nobody in the division is finishing with a 13-4 record. It's going to be hard-fought all the way to the end, but I certainly give Jax and Hou the upper hands in the fight.

Jags are getting talk nationally, but almost all of it is either:
a) Lawrence is not worthy that contract yet because he has not shown enough and they should have waited
b) Lawrence may be worthy of it, but that team has not done enough to help him and lack of trust in the franchise FO (Baalke and Shad) to allow him to succeed. 

I get that pundits are generally noise, and the only way it changes is if the Jags change the conversation especially given the last 2 decades of "evidence". But it is even coming from film guys, media scouts, fantasy people, former FO people now in the media, etc.

I'm also wondering if I was significantly underestimating Indy and Tenn especially on defense and on the lines.

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