Quote:Here we go once again with talks of a running back. I wish there was someway some how to put Marshawn Lynch in this backfield last year and see how he would have fared. All this talk of getting a beast for a running back seems to forget one important ingredient that ALL GREAT RB's have in common. They ALL have a really good OL in front of them plowing the way. Did the Jags have that this past season? Answer: No, and it wasn't even a close vote. Will they have it this season, maybe.........but probably not. They are probably at least 2 years away from a dominant force OL. Until that happens, all the Marshawn Lynch's of the world aren't going to matter all that much. Guy's like him and other top FA's like (DeMarco Murray for one) won't even give the JAGS an honest look until the OL becomes like that. 

 

Decent running backs are a dime a dozen in the NFL. There are GREAT ones that can carry a team much like MJD did here during the Gabbert era, at least to a good extent. There are great backs this era doing this for other teams to an even higher extent like Peterson/Lynch. You could argue Murray was assisted a lot by the heavily acclaimed Cowboys OL but there is no substitute to having a back that can do it all well. That includes protecting the passer.

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