Quote:The problem is sometimes being years ahead isn't an advantage. Every group of guys has a period where they can be successful before they decline. It might be the case that the panthers just had some really bad luck last year and you're not actually in decline yet, but at best it looks like the team is just maintaining as much as it can and not improving. The Jaguars still need to prove it, but they looked much improved in the areas that matter in the preseason, and they've been so far down that improving isn't as much of a task for them.


Add to everything that the Panthers have been really bad on opening day under your current coaching staff and the panthers have never won a game in Jacksonville and I get the feeling the Jaguars are going to open some eyes come Sunday afternoon.

We're too young to be in decline, outside of a few guys we're still pretty young. Personnel has been the problem and Gettleman has had his hands tied by the ridiculous mess Marty Hurney left behind. We are just now starting to break out of that situation and he's done a great job of adding talent. Our biggest problem right now, IMO, is our OC. I can only imagine what we could do with someone who was imaginative and had some guts. Chud wad a good fit Cam's first two years, but his ego burned a lot of bridges. Cam's rookie year we had one of the worst defenses and ST units in the league.


Charles Johnson, Thomas Davis, Charles Tillman are all getting up there, but those are the only ones that really jump out at me. Johnson is the only one without a solid replacement already in place.

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