Quote:Ok, I'll file this away for future reference, should the Jags get a QB who we disagree on. If he should post a season like Garrard's in 2007, then that is "not elite". Your words. 

Boy, that will really show me. 

 

We had this debate in 2007 when you tried to apply the label, and it was laughable then just as it's laughable now.  He had a good season in 2007.  Nobody is denying that fact.  It eludes you for some reason.  I guess if we don't bow down to your opinion that he was elite for a nanosecond of a career, that we think he stunk that year?  Is that how you see it?  Because that's not the case at all. 

 

This team has never truly had an elite QB.  We've had some good, and even some exceptional seasons from QBs in the past, but even Mark Brunell proved to be in that 2nd tier of very good QBs when the dust settled.  He had some great seasons as the starting QB for the Jags, and set a fairly high bar for anyone following him.  I'd take the next Mark Brunell that's available to us in a heartbeat.  He was a gifted athlete who was smart, mobile early on, and good with the deep passes.  It helped he had 2 phenomenal receivers, and a great line to work behind. 

 

You'd have a more sound argument saying Brunell had elite years, which once again would pretty much dwarf Garrard in his best season.  I know you simply can't admit you're being hyperbolic with regard to Garrard, but deep down you know he was never anything even remotely close to elite.  Good?  Sure, on his best day.  Elite?  Never.  Pedestrian?  70% of his career.  Not so good?  25% of his career. 

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