Quote:We appreciate the props but let's face it, if we all predicted a Jags win you'd call us a bunch of homers. We've learned the hard way around here to be realists when it comes to the Jags the past few years. You guys have issues? You beat the defending champs. The Jags have been pummeled by double digits every week so far. We were losing 30-0 at halftime last week. You beat Buffalo on the road.


Bortles gives us hope but we're in full rebuilding mode once again. I'm not predicting a Jags win this week. If our defense was playing well, I'd feel better about the situation. However, our defense is ranked dead last and looks absolutely horrendous so far. My prediction is 31-20 San Diego.

What he said. We hope for a brighter future with a promising young quarterback, but our present situation (indeed, our situation for about the past seven years...) is bleak. While Blake Bortles is a step in the right direction, he is only one player. We need the team as a whole to stop being so.... dysfunctional! We've had among the worst defense and offense in the NFL for years now. I would hate to see a promising star career like Bortles get wasted (much like MoJo's career was) in Jacksonville on a team that is perpetually finding new ways to underachieve. 

 

Still this is only the second year after the team roster was gutted. No one here (realistically) had expectations of the team doing better than 6-10 (if that) this year. We knew from our schedule that (given the offensive inertia embodied in Chad Henne...) that the first four games were/are pretty much unwinnable for us. After the Chargers game, now with a better quarterback at the helm (assuming he isn't injured in that game...) we should start seeing some more competitive games and wins.

 

Being in dead last place in almost every significant category in defensive statistics, however, tends to give one pause.... 

 

*Is our defense really that bad, or did the ineptitude of our offense (with Henne) just cause them to play heartless and end up looking that bad? 

*Is our defensive scheme really that hard to understand, or do we just have too many 'low IQ' players on our defense?

*we use essentially the same defensive scheme used by the seahawks; they are good, we aren't. Are our players that bad?

*Is a significant part of this a coaching failure? Gus Bradly was the defensive coordinator of the seahawks, yet our guys look lost half the time. Why?

 

I predict another double digit blowout... 40-17 Chargers.

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