Quote:I like our chances....The Panthers and Colts games were completely winnable and outside of the Pats debacle, this team is right there which is a far cry from previous years. With that being said, I know 1-3 is not expectable. Right now do to injury, the Jags just don't have enough in the passing game to hang there hats on. If you think about it, when defenses try to take away Allen Robinson, outside of Hearns the passing game isn't adequate. Thank God TJ Yeldon and the running game is solid or else we wouldn't be in games at all. Back to the point. Without Lee, Thomas, and Green especially Thomas, Blake just doesn't have enough playmakers. Simple as that! 

 

Further, once Julius Thomas gets into the mix, I believe we should see things free up significantly for the entire offense seeing a definite improvement in sustaining drives and finishing in the red zone. If Thomas was Manning's security blanket, he should do wonders for Blake. I can only imagine how the playbook explodes when this guy finally takes the field. It's tough to win in the NFL without a solid go to guy on offense and the Jags just don't have that consistency at the moment. I'm not that concerned about Blake like most of you guys, the playbook is just too vanilla do to the lack of playmakers on offense. 

 

Anyways,  I like our chance going forward, and think we should take care of the Bucs on Sunday! Let's go! 2-3 this time next week! We are getting better and I like where we're headed but that's just me. Please feel free to comment because I think Julius Thomas will change the entire offense and not having him and the rest of the guys healthy is a killer!

 

~K-Dub

 

 

What I hear when reading your comments is, I'm so used to watching the Jaguars be the absoulte worst team in the NFL so any signs of improvement in the third year of GM Dave Caldwell & HC Gus Bradley's career in Jacksonville shows success and that we should continue on the current course.

 

It's a good, strong even arguement but many fans are simply frustrated of failure.  That is why you see so many venting threads this season compared to previous years, because before there was no hope and we simply accepted it while this year we thought it would finally be different only to see them come so close yet still stink. 

 

I guess you could say its growing pains and we simply need to continue to root for our favorite team and thing will get better next year, but we've heard that for over a decade.

 

We want to see real improvement, and this week is Gus & the rest of the franchise's chance to say hang in there... they simply need to dominate the Bucs.  Not just win it, but take an early lead and show us that they can finish in the 2nd half.


GO JAGS!

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