(10-01-2024, 04:29 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(10-01-2024, 04:19 PM)The_Franchise_QB Wrote: Last one we had was Jalen Ramsey, defensively built, and Myles Jack is still not down. We had like 4 all pros on that D? That 2017 team damn sure should of been in the superbowl. It's a players league, you don't build around average.

True. That defense was so good I forgot who the defensive coordinator was. Babish or Babich maybe? Carried by talent that exceeded his X's and O's. 

It was a good defense though. You had Ngakoue, Campbell and Jackson along the line. Smith and Jack on the outside with Paul in the middle manning it all. 

Ramsey and Bouye were tough to get past on the outside and our safety play was solid. Think it was Gipson and one other guy I can't remember. 

We need a better front office for sure with a better general manager. Starts there.

Barry Church, from the Cowboys.

In 2017, Barry Church had a career year with a career-high 1.5 sacks, a career-high 51 return yards, a career-high 8 PD’s and a career-high 4 int’s and returned one of those interceptions for a TD, which was also a career-high since it was the only time he returned an interception for a TD. (He scooped a fumble recovery for a TD over in Dallas)

Church started all 16 games for the Jaguars in 2017. The following season he started 11 games for the Jaguars, with just 1 interception and then retired after the 2018 season.

FS Church, SS Gipson, RCB Bouye, LCB Ramsey combined for 18 interceptions in 2017, which is a franchise record for a Jaguars starting unit in the secondary.

That defense was unbelievable, and should have played in the Super Bowl that season with a chance to have their names etched into one of the greatest defensive units in Super Bowl history, under Sacksonville.

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