Quote:Comprehende mon frere?  As discussed, the idea is to win enough and try to be in the mix come December to get in the dance.  Once there, you battle and see where the chips fall.  Over time, as the roster strengthens, when you get to the dance, you have better chances of getting to the big dance. 

 

That's the formula top teams in the league use, and the one that JDR exhibited during his tenure here that got us to the playoffs twice in 3 years between 05 and 07 after 12-5 and 11-4 seasons.  These were flanked by 'average' 9-7 and 8-8 seasons in 04 and 06.  Similar to the Cowboys current pattern, recordwise, not personnel.  That's what P.Haze expressed.

 

Our Jaguars' current concept of building a 'perfectly' competitive robust long-term roster is impractical and a bit of a fantasy, in my view.  Surely, you want to establish your core to build around, but the idea of it being acceptable or even understandable to be deplorable and subleague as you continue to build till you suddenly produce this sparkling roster that is Super Bowl ready is asinine.  That's what some of the most ardent Jag fans have been made to believe, and that's troubling.

 

The sane teams in the league think: Good enough, then to great as the chips fall.  Not putrid, then to excellent in a flash, based on a built roster.  How often have you seen 2-14, 4-12, 3-13 then all of a sudden 11-5, 13-3, 12-4?  In retrospect, this tear down to start from fresh plan by Caldwell n co truly devastated this franchise.  It's naive to expect a drastic turn around in the next 2/3 years based on the pattern thus far.