Quote:Monroe was definitely playing well. Although he had a rocky start, he was generally considered a good player among fans. That year we were all amazed how he stonewalled Jared Allen. Clay Matthews got the better of him, but you could also see him on the sidelines in "wired" or whatever they call that show talk about how Monroe was "supposed to be the best" meaning he had built a reputation for being really good at his job.

To be fair, you are describing the year before he was traded and yes he was really good that year. In 2013, he struggled a bit starting with the opening day disaster in Kansas City.

I'm not sure where the apologists are getting all of this garbage about people complaining about Monroe before he was traded. If anything, if people were trashing Monroe, these same Joeckel apologists surely would have been defending his play. When he was traded, suddenly he was a below average player since he wasn't a Jag anymore.

The Joeckel fan boys love to howl about how anybody critical of any player on the roster flip - flops their opinion when they do the same exact thing. Everybody on the Jags is a great player or a jar on the shelf, until they get traded or cut, then they were below average all along. Ive seen this with Leftwich, Garrard, Gene Smith, Del Rio, Gabbert among many others. The current regime always knows best and are completely infallible. If you disagree, then you are a troll or a bibber. The hypocrisy is astounding.

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