Quote:I'm not concerned about the level of competition.  Good players are found where they're found.  Bridgewater is a promising prospect.  He may very well be the best QB in the upcoming draft.  We'll see. 

 

Now, are you a proponent of tanking to get him, or would you prefer to see your team trying to be competitive?  I think I know where you stand, but maybe I'm wrong. 

 

When all hope for a playoff season is lost, I'd prefer superior draft position to inferior draft positon.   

 

While tanking raises some ethical/moral concerns, they are minor if it leads to your team landing the franchise QB.  Most people have moral problems with drug use.  There is not a single Giants fan who would be willing to surrender the Lawrence Taylor era Lombardi trophies because Taylor used drugs.  There is not a single Skins fan who would surrender any trophies won with Dexter Manley.  There is not a single Dallas fan who would give back any of the 3 Lombardi trophies won with Michael Irvin on the roster. 

 

Do I think this team NEEDS to tank?  Not necessarily.  This team lacks talent across the board.  It's still possible for this team to get the #1 overall pick without "tanking."

 

Now, when this team has its franchise QB and has a young nucleus that is "learning to win," then I'm all for it.

 

Example-fast forward to next year.  Assume the Jaguars manage to get Bridgewater, Mariota, or whomever and adds a few more pieces.  Due to inexperience, the rookies and younger players make mistakes that cost them games early in the season and put the team out of contention.  However, during the losing , you see signs these guys could become something-kinda like what you are seeing now with Cyprien, Gratz, and Branch.  Over the course of the second half of the season, the franchise QB plays well, the other guys are coming around, and this team improves to 6-10 to 7-9...I'm fine with it.  I was fine with it when Dallas made the step from 1-15 to 7-9 in 1990.  I was fine with the leap the Jaguars made from 1995-1996 and would have been fine even if we had lost to Atlanta.  I was fine with the leap the Jaguars made from 2003-2004, even though the team wound up missing the playoffs.

 

However, with the pronounced lack of playmakers/overall talent this team has, I want the QB-or at minimum the game changing defender.  That will likely only come with superior draft position.

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