Quote:Yanick - Malik Jackson - Johnathon Allen - Fowler 

 

Thats a nice D-Line 

Jackson and Allen would be amazing in the middle. Yanick seems like the real deal so the only question is whether Fowler is best suited to play on the defensive line or be moved to linebacker. With a year of experience and a better coaching staff, he has a chance to be very good once he learns to rush the passer. His run defense is already good.

 

The Jaguars best chance of becoming relevant next season is to continue to improve the team's current strength- the defense. Add Allen or Garrett to the following players:

 

Yanick, Jackson, Fowler, Jack, Smith, Poz( still playing at high level), Ramsay, Prince, Colvin, Cyprien and Gipson. This defense will keep the Jaguars in most games, especially once they start getting turnovers (which will come).

 

So, what about the horrible offense? The new coach needs to find a 'game manager" who will not lose games like Bortles has all season long. The last guy like that was Garrard and he actually took them to the playoffs with a team not nearly as talented on defense as this one. Can Bortles be that guy? It is unlikely based on what we've all seen this year, but he should definitely be brought back to compete with a couple other guys. Caldwell has made some great picks as G.M. as well as terrible ones, but his future as Jaguars G.M. will be determined by who he selects in the off-season (preferably free agency or mid-round draft pick) and whether they can immediately become an effective (don't have to be elite) q.b. if Blake doesn't show vast improvement in the pre-season. None of the current possibilities have had great careers or they wouldn't be available in the first place, but guys like Foles, McCarron and Glennon have had their moments. Caldwell needs to make the correct choice between these guys and have them compete with Bortles, Allen and maybe a mid-round draft pick. Spend the rest of the draft and free agency on building the offensive line to give the winner of the q.b. competition a better chance to succeed.

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