Quote:I disagree....this thread could have ended with everyone happy (had the Jags prevailed and gotten Mack) ....well, other than the few Cleveland fans....but everyone is miserable because the Jags failed again. Thats the root. 

Who's miserable? You? I look at it as the Jaguars taking a swing for the fences, and Cleveland choosing to eat a huge contract with a no-trade clause and an opt-out rather than let us hit the home run.

 

Quote:You can't judge in this business off of "effort" only. Its a results oriented business, sorry to say. We simply didn't get it done. again. 

We didn't pay $42 million for a center, no. There is such a thing as paying too much, and if Caldwell had thrown $60 million over five years at Mack, we might've landed him, yeah, but how much is Mack costing us against the salary cap in 2016/2017 when we have to start signing guys to long-term deals?

 

The only team that didn't "get it done" was the Browns. They screwed the pooch by not franchising Mack, and now they're paying out their ears for a center who doesn't want to be in Cleveland and will bolt the second the opportunity arises.

---