Quote:Speaking of tankers, where on Earth is TMD?

You really needed to ask?  He's desperately working on his list of excuses as to why winning is bad.

 

To the point of the topic, all most were asking for when the season started was to see this team becoming better and improving as the season progressed.  Since the bye week, we've seen exactly what we have been asking for, and I for one am quite happy to see the team starting to get production from the new Jaguars. 

 

If it costs us the first pick, so be it.  I'm not sold on Bridgewater as the savior for this franchise, so I think it actually helps this team by taking the pressure of that first pick off the table.  They'll get a QB who can help this franchise. 

 

It's clear after watching Caldwell's guys as they've progressed, he has far more of a clue about how to do his job than some here thought. It wasn't that long ago they were trashing the guy for trading Monroe, but even with Joeckel on IR, the line has improved overall, and we may have identified a long term solution at RT.   Fixing that interior line will probably see at least 1 free agent grab for sure, as they're going to do whatever is necessary to address that for the new QB. 

 

The play of our secondary, which had a few choice posters here declaring some of the new additions busts after a handful of games, continues to gel, and we're now seeing the draft picks and other acquisitions proving they're a vast improvement over what we had here a year ago. 

 

Even the much maligned defensive line is starting to become more effective than they were earlier in the year, which is encouraging.  If we get a pass rush guy and continue to add depth there and at LB, this team is in great shape moving forward on the defense. 

 

I like the fact that this team is clearly playing hard for Gus, and you can see they're really buying into his message, again, much to the chagrin of a poster on this board who continue to say Bradley wasn't a good hire (after having him on their list of strong candidates to consider).  Anyone who has had an opportunity to hear this guy in person, or to watch how this team has progressed and remained positive through some particularly ugly football and difficult times knows that the Bradley hire was the right one for this team.  He gets rave commentary from the national talking heads for his positive approach, and most act as if this is some foreign concept. It's obvious the players are responding.  In an appearance on the Gus Bradley Show prior to the start of the game, Cyprien repeatedly commented about how Gus' message resonated with the guys in the locker room, and it pushed them to play harder to accomplish more. 

 

We're not a complete work yet by any means, so there are bound to be stumbles, but the arrow is pointed upward for this team, and the trajectory for this rebound could be faster than many think.  If we get it right with the QB, and we fix the OL, I can see this team giving the competition fits next year. 

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