Quote:Yes, we drafted Blake Bortles in the first round this year in hopes of becoming a better team.  I get really tired of the negativity I read on the gameday thread. 

 

Half of you understand, the other half just ridicule the team as a whole and certain individual players. 

 

You have terrible negative nicknames about more than half of the damn roster! 

 

I feel sometimes when I read your comments you'd rather be an [BAD WORD REMOVED] and talk [BAD WORD REMOVED] about the players of "your team" than say something slightly encouraging.

 

YES!  It's frustrating when we lose, I understand that.  But what I don't understand is how you aren't a realist, and understand that what we have on the field isn't a playoff team.  We have talent on the roster, and the ability to make plays but what we do not have is consistency.  We have gone through some crap the last couple of years and it's very hard to understand why we aren't good, but it just happens.  We are a young franchise with an even younger team.  We barely have a foundation to build on.  We haven't even finished the foundation.  Bortles is merely a start.

 

Us losing opens up other players for being blamed.  It's why the ones I am talking about have threads saying we need to get rid of Scobee....

 

Seriously?  We lose a game 33-23 and you create a thread saying we need to cut Josh Scobee?  Get out of here.  You're so confused as to why we aren't winning games that you don't even know what to say.  These losses are going to happen.

 

Past rookie NFL QB's had early success because they already had Super Bowl caliber teams.

 

Maybe lower your expectations, and understand that this team, no matter your wildest hopes and dreams, isn't going to make the playoffs just because we put Bortles in.  Yes, it is exciting watching the young guy you hope to be your future franchise QB but we need a lot more than that.  Do you really expect Bortles to come in here and finish the season with 25 TD's to 8-10 Int's?  Just please..stop bad mouthing players and giving them stupid nicknames.  None of you would have the balls to tell either one of them to their face.

 

I agree with you! I almost don't come onto the board much at all anymore because it's all complaining and gripping about needing to cut everyone. I understand that everyone is so tired of losing and being the laughing stock of the league (although there are a few other teams that should be there with us; Tampa, Oakland, Jets, etc. But we know the media loves to kick us while we're down....). However, we must understand that a complete rebuild takes time, especially with what we had prior to the start. Already calling Bortles a bust, Gus's beheading, Caldwell's boot-to-the-rear, and chopping Scobee's leg's off is beyond ridiculous. We have to give them more time to get a complete roster together.

 

GO JAGS!!

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