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Vegas Odds Jaguars @ Titans
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Jags02
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Quote:As I recall from what I read about it at the time, the idea wasn't just to remove the non-productive players but to basically give the 'new regime' a complete fresh start. Certainly, there were one or two players that, in retrospect, we now wish we had hung onto, but at the time we couldn't know that. My sole intention from my first post was a response to the notion that the situation we've been in for years now is due to Dave Caldwell. That simply isn't true; we are still struggling to recover today from what Gene Smith wrought on this team. It was bad enough that it required a radical 'ectomy' to fix it.
The part in bold is an interesting take I hadn't really considered. I guess we couldn't have known that Rashean Mathis would have lasted as long as he has, or that Jeremy Mincey was about to blossom into a rather dominant DE. Perhaps there was no way to know that Brandon Marshall would be a stellar starting MLB or that Justin Forsett would turn into one of the league's best RBs. However, there were some moves I feel he should have known about. I feel he should have known that Terrance Knighton was one of the best NTs in the league while Alualu and Branch were nothing special. I feel he should have known that Daryl Smith was one of the best OLBs in the league with plenty of game left in him. And I feel he should have known that Dwight Lowery was a fantastic starting FS the likes of which we've yet to acquire.
I also feel like he handled MJD wrong by practically dissing the RB leading to him being out of shape, unproductive, injured and eventually out of the league after a one-year sitnt with the Raiders, and that's on Caldwell not Bradley for refusing to work with him on his contract situation. Had Caldwell simply worked with Jones-Drew to where the RB would have been with the team throughout every offseason, he might still be a Pro Bowl caliber RB for the Jaguars today instead of a talking head on NFL Network. I could be wrong, but that's how I feel. His college teammate is still here.
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Vegas Odds Jaguars @ Titans - by Jags02 - 12-05-2015, 12:45 PM
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