Quote:our talent level is COMPLETELY horrible, but our coaching is horrible too and it's EVIDENT. we leave guys WIDE OPEN on defense.. We have DE's crashing down and forgetting that Wilson is a RUNNING QB......our offense has ZERO playmakers and we make SHORTS look like a legit #1. we havent had a QB worth anything since Brunell. We have had consistent horrible drafts. noone wants to come to Jax as a FA. we never make ANY trades. so we HAVE to do it through the draft and we havent been. we always pass on great players. we take linemen with our top 10 picks and JUST FORGET about the skills positions. We took Tyson early. We took Monroe early. We took Joke #2 THIS year as if thats helping us. our GMs are HORRIBLE and this "building from the inside out" method is FAILING. oh....and lets not forget the Gabbert pick

 

The head coach said in his post game last night that there were coaching issues they'd be addressing.

 

That being said, every one of the items you've listed above isn't so much about coaching as it is about a lack of talent, or inexperience with young players. 

 

Leaving guys open on defense is usually a blown assignment, and with younger players, you should expect to see quite a bit of that early in the season.

 

The same thing is true with the DEs.  List the talented ones who are simply not being schemed up correctly.  I'll wait.

 

This notion that no one wants to come to Jacksonville in free agency is a straw man.  If the money is right, they'll come to the Jaguars just as they would to any other team.  The upper tier free agents who manage to hit the street like Manning?  They're looking to build a legacy, so they will be looking at markets where the teams are poised to do something and only need one thing to get them over the top.  In that case, no, the free agents won't be coming here today.  But, that's rare.

 

I'm not sure what trades will accomplish other than giving up high value draft picks for a guy the team he's on doesn't want.  Maybe a change of scenery for a player in that situation will do them good, or maybe they're just not worth giving up picks for?  Trading players for players is rare in the league, and honestly, who do we have to offer in a trade that would really land us anyone of quality?  This is a team that's won 7 games in 2 seasons.  The talent pool is shallow, as in puddle of spit shallow right now.

 

This mindset that we've had "consistent horrible drafts" makes the assumption that this is going to continue.  The last 2 GMs who have a track record of questionable decisions are gone.  They're not drafting for this team right now.  And the original guy who was making the calls on draft day?  He was only marginally better once you got out of the first round or two.  He took advantage of a relaxed salary cap for the expansion teams and built something quickly, but the model was unsustainable, and we paid for that for quite a few years.  In some ways, the team has never really recovered from that run.  We've had a few blips since then, but nothing consistent. 

 

I love the "we always pass on great players" line.  Joeckel was one of the highest rated players in the entire draft.  We didn't reach for him.  This notion that it's bad to draft linemen in the first round shows a good deal of ignorance on your part, particularly when it comes to this team.  Does the name Tony Boselli mean anything to you?  We drafted him 2nd overall a while back.  Were you howling that we passed on some great player to get him?  Or were your diapers still securely strapped on, and your historical knowledge about this team started a few years ago?

 

Seems to me you felt like you needed to rant for the sake of ranting.  Otherwise, you're not a particularly savvy fan.  I'm trying to give you the benefit of the doubt here. 

 

I suspect that you're probably one of those Tebow homers who is just enraged that your messiah wasn't brought to the Jaguars not just once, but on 3 separate occasions.  We didn't draft him.  We didn't trade for him.  We didn't pick him up off the trash heap. Sucks to be you if that's the case. 

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