Quote:People in this thread label him a bust.  Can you give me your example of a bust?

 

My examples would be guys like Matt Jones, Ray Jay Soward, Hugh Douglas in Jax......Alualu has consitently been on the field and has made some good plays.  How is that a bust?

But wait a minute.

 

By the standards expressed in support of Alualu, how is Alualu NOT a bust?

 

Matt Jones did more than "NOTHING" for the Jaguars in the literal sense.  His last year here, he had a 65 catch season.  His second year, he averaged 15.7 ypc.

 

The reviled Hugh Douglas-whom you classify as a "bust," started 16 games and had 3.5 sacks in his one season with the Jaguars.  Those are Alualu levels of impact.  Granted, DEs SHOULD have more sacks than DTs as a rule, but a 20 something player should be more productive than a 32 year old player like Douglas.  Even that season, which statistically was Douglas' second worst season, equates to Alualu's two best statistical seasons.  So what made Douglas a bust?  The contract that he signed?  His career and reputation up to that point?  Why would those things be relevant but not Alualu's prior draft position?

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