Quote:Does any Jaguar that made it to the Pro Bowl qualify for the Pride? I agree that CB Mathis was a fantastic corner for the Jaguars, and overall good guy that was liked.

I guess I don't really understand the purpose of the Pride.

I mean I feel that the HOF standards even fell a bit.

I am a big fan of Mathis so I am bias towards saying yes, but at the same time I'm against putting too many players in the pride. If you allow Mathis you open it up to allowing many other good/great players that arent HOF worthy but did a job in Jacksonville.... i guess I am also looking long term.

The expansion franchise has a young history compared to other franchises in the NFL but if the Jaguars draft Jalen Ramsey as a corner who knows maybe he would go to multiple Pro Bowls and dwarf Mathis records.

This is my thinking too. We can't just go filling the Pride up with players that had a couple good years. I don't even think Stroud and Hen get in.


Boselli, Taylor, Smith, McCardell were on another level. They are HOF type players.


I've already explained Brunell. It was all about the playoffs for his credentials.


But I agree with what you said. We can't just water our Pride down with real good players. It needs to be reserved for elite players. Guys that changed the entire franchise.

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