(01-19-2025, 06:23 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

(01-19-2025, 12:55 PM)JagFan81 Wrote: I get fans looking at successful teams for the current season and seeing that as a blueprint to success. The problem with that, and what makes football so awesome, is every year is a completely clean slate. Last year people were praising Houston, Niners, Packers and this season it's Lions, Commanders and Rams. Every fan wants success and want a coaching staff to walk in and just make it happen.

Doug looked like the right choice and was making progress towards success and then hit a wall. Every HC is going to have up and down seasons. The path to success is teams like the Bills, Chiefs, Ravens. Build a FO and coaching staff that work together and have a style and system they want to implement and then add players that work and excel in that system. Those teams have had years of stability and progress towards that goal.

That for me is the biggest thing with the new coaching staff. We need to find someone that the whole building from top to bottom can align with and give 5 years to build the roster and franchise, regardless of how good/bad those 5 seasons are.

I think the Jaguars could easily have a winning record and even be a playoff team next year if they have a good off-season and get better coaching.  Last year, they lost 10 games by 7 points or less.  They lost 9 of those by 5 points or less.  They lost 5 of those games by 3 points or less.  It wouldn't take much to turn a lot of those games around.  It often came down to one mistake, one penalty, one bad break, one bad play call, one bad coaching decision, etc.

It's not to say that we don't need to upgrade the roster, we do, but I feel like our major holes are very fixable.  On offense, I think a new guard and a center would do wonders.  We have good running backs, but they kept running into a wall of defenders. Guard and center are non-premium positions that are relatively easy to find.  Improve our running game, and our passing game will suddenly look much better.  Getting Kirk and Engram back from injury would help as well.

On defense, we need a new SS, FS and CB.  SS and FS are non-premium positions that are easy to find.  As for CB, I think it's likely we take Will Johnson at #5 in the draft.  We need an edge to compliment JHA and Walker, but I think a decent one may be available at our 2nd round pick.  As for interior defensive line, maybe we use a draft pick, but our solution may already be on the roster.  Move Armstead from edge to the interior.  Maason Smith, a rookie, started looking good late in the year.  Jefferson, another rookie, might take a step forward in his second year and even Hamilton has looked better in prior seasons. 

I'm optimistic that this team can turn itself around quickly.

I would be optimistic too... if I knew all the variables that caused the Jags to fall off the rails starting at the middle of the 23/24 season.

Why did free agents that were ok at their previous places of employment (Davis, Armstead and Darby) end up totally BAD compared to their previous season?  Why did we have a DC, who alledgely turned around an Atlanta defense...who said he was going to attack, attack attack...never blitz.    Why was our secondary HORRIBLE at creating turnovers.  Horrible at giving up big plays on 3rd down...why did our best Edge rusher not even get double digit sacks?

I wan Liam Coen...but there are no guarantees.    I want a DC that can disguise blitzes.  I want an offensive line coach that will bring in and coach offensive linemen that will move people.  I want a receiving coach that will give our receiving corps tips on getting open on intermediate routes.   I want a CONSISTENT running attack.

Coen, Johnson or Glenn...I really don't care, and I really don't prefer one guy over the other.
I want a team that's physical.  I want a team that gives 100% effort at every position.  I want Trevor to raise his game. I want a defense that can get the opposing team off the field on long down and distance.
I want to win.  And I don't care which HC it is that does it.

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