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I mean is there anything more to say?  I'm in late to this thread, but here are some of my thoughts (not that anyone cares...  But I don't care if you don't care)

 

My first reaction was "Of course this had to happen to the Jags", then it was anger towards Blackmon, then it was pity for him.  Now it's uncaring.

 

Sure, it's sad that this kid has an addiction.  But I really couldn't care less about this or feel the need to support him.  This guy has millions of dollars and had multiple opportunities to turn it around.  These are things that most people with addictions never have access to. 

 

I honestly think we just need to dump him.  Yeah, I know that he's now on the cheap, but who cares?  We have a young team that we blew up to rebuild.  Having Blackmon on this team WILL NOT HELP in the youth movement's development.  Dumping him would not be the Jaguars fault.  We stood by him through THREE (3!!) incidents.  I don't know for a fact, but I have no doubt, that the Jags provided every avenue to help this kid, and he ingored all that help.  JB let the Jags down.  He let his team-mates down, and he's no longer the type of player that should be here to help rebuild.

 

Also, with all of his suspensions and games missed, how much are we really gonna miss him?  Besides the Denver game this year, it's not as though he's provided anything that will be missed...  The previous statement is more of a coping mechanism for me...  It's really disappointing as a fan to have to say "Dump" what looks to be a WR with amazing talent.  But it's time to cut ties.  The overal team should be protected. 

 

Having a clueless WR that isn't willing to accept the help of an 800 million dollar organization and all the benefits that organization can provide you as a valued employee of that organization, in terms of addiction/mental health recovery, isn't a good tone to set to the other players.  Cut ties, or try to get a 3rd day draft pick out of him.  Who cares.  Just move him out and continue to rebuild without him. 

 

With the amount of turnover we've had, I think most of the team won't even miss him much.

 

I applaud your sentiments here.

 

My only beef is with your closing line.

 

While I agree in general terms, where this team will likely miss him the most is in the coming years.  Hopefully, we'll finally have our franchise QB in Bridgewater.

 

It would help his development tremendously if he had a clean and sober Blackmon catching his passes.

 

But anyone waiting for Blackmon to turn it around is like Linus in the pumpkin patch eagerly awaiting the Great Pumpkin.

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