Quote:And I'm not so sure he's gotten rid of a lot of our needs. Sure, there are new guys playing those positions, but how effective are they? Would they start on many other teams?

 

 

Just looking at the defense, the Jags weak link:


 

Considering Prosinski and Britton are starting on other teams, I'd say yes. There are only a few teams that have a 2nd CB good enough that House or Colvin wouldn't start (and I still wonder about McCray). Any of our three LBs would start for most teams, as would Odrick and Miller. 


 

That's seven of our eleven starters (a
nd that's not including Marks and Fowler) who would start for "most" other teams, and the other four, while pretty bad, are still not the worst in the league and would start for at least a couple of teams. Other than Marks, there hasn't been notable improvement from defensive players after they arrived here. Even Telvin already looked like a tackling machine in his first preseason game as a rookie and still hasn't improved in pass coverage. Who knows how good Gratz, Cyprien, and Evans would have turned out with better coaching.

 

Caldwell's biggest failure by far was choosing Bradley as head coach.

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