Here are my views on the events since yesterday.

Like many, I was embarrassed at the output vs. Tampa, but I am going to exercise patience and see how they look when the bullets fly.

The offense is going to be centered on the ground game. Their potential star RB was held out. Granted the Oline struggled all around yesterday, they faced a tough unit, and looked okay last week. I expect good and bad days throughout the season, as the team trends towards good overall. We are not going to go from terrible to great in one season, it's unreasonable to expect that. Fournette's vertical, powerful style of running is going to help the line over time. They will feed off each other and produce a lot more on the ground than yesterday indicated. We saw how they looked together in New England.

I wasn't too keen on Marrone's public disclosure of open competition at QB. It appeared rash and unprofessional to me, and painted the top brass in a fluky light. You should have an intricate sense of your personnel all along, considering they've been together for a while now. Shouldn't take a preseason game to get to that decision, or, keep it in-house and determine your best option at QB.

To me, his disclosure has created a sense of panic and hopelessness in fans, a state of confusion within team confines, and more arms for ridicule by the media.

On the QBs, Henne has looked better these past 2 weeks, causing feathers to ruffle, expectedly. We've seen it in Jacksonville when the backup surpassed the struggling starter in preseason and took his job. Personally, I want to say let Blake manage the game, as you lean heavily on the run, but this is the NFL, you still have to pass the ball effectively even if you are a run first squad. Bortles' mistakes scare me, and he really is far from a game manager type of QB. As such, Henne may make sense for the team's current components all around, though he presents glaring limitations. Allen doesn't appear to be in the picture as of now. I think the ole guys would feel very uncomfortable serving him to Houston on day 1 and beyond due to his lack of experience. It's like committing to a rookie, essentially, and that requires a different team mindset. I am not sure Jacksonville is in that realm right now. Wins are the object, as proclaimed by the owner, TC and DM.

Trading for Smith, or pursuing unknowns or cast offs at this point in the offseason, before even having a preseason game 3 with some game planning, is frantic and misleading in my view. This team doesn't appear just a QB away.

On the D, troubling to see yesterday though they settled towards the end of the half, but again they faced an ascending O, were without the CBs, still sorting out LB configs, and had no games on the D line. They blitzed perhaps twice in the first half and were 1/2 getting home. That D is going to rely on schemes to get to the QB. They'll conjure em. This is precisely the purpose of preseason beyond settling on personnel; assess strengths and weaknesses in order to play to the strengths and find ways to mitigate the drawbacks. The D will be alright.

On Snowie's proposal, to me, because week 3 is the critical dress rehearsal for the season, it makes it difficult to feature Allen prominently (and with the 1s). They are not going to play musical chairs at the position. I think we'll know what the coaching staff decides QB wise by next Thursday. Whomever is under center for the 1st half and into the 3rd qtr is likely your guy going forward. Unless they do an unconventional 'rotation' of the top 2 guys. I don't see that happening. I still think the team is going to be vastly improved from recent years. Now, we wait and fight. Go Jags!

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