(05-26-2022, 02:50 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(05-26-2022, 02:05 PM)JagsFanSince95 Wrote: I don’t think anyone would deny his pass rushing ability, it’s his run defense that gets him in trouble. His position doesn’t need to be great, but decent enough to a degree. He’s one of if not the worst DE vs the run off the edge. He’s a good rotational 3rd down DE, that’s about it.

1.  So you''d rather have Jared Odrick, Gotsis, or RRH?

2.  In 2020, the Jaguars finished 30th in rush yards allowed, 32nd in rush attempts allowed, 29th in rushing TDs allowed,  and 27th in yards per attempt allowed.  Last year, the team finished  23rd in rush yards allowed, 29th in rushing TDs allowed, and 16th in yards per attempt. Neither Ngakoue nor Ramsey were here, so the deficiencies against the run weren't on them.  In 2017, with Ngakoue as the starter at RDE and Ramsey at CB, the team was 21st in rush yards allowed and 26th in average.  In 2018, with Ngakoue the starter at RDE and Ramsey at CB, the team was 19th in rush yards allowed and 14th in yards per attempt.  Certainly not the 1985 Bears or 200 Ravens, or even the 2004-1006 Jaguars, but respectable.  That shows me Ngakoue was not solely to blame for this team's struggle against the run.

Uh, no, I'd rather the Jaguars picked a complete DE and paid them accordingly. Nothing you say changes the fact this team made the right choice to pass on Yann for his asking price, because no other team in the NFL values him as he values himself. 

And those stats are nice, I think you forget who was inside in 2017, Yann was not relied upon then whatsoever on run downs, thanks to guys like Calais. If Yann was the lynch-pin to that 2017 defense he'd be the one making 20 mil a year somewhere, he's not. You wish he was more than he is, but he's just a good rushing DE. You move TJ Watt to any defense and he will be a stud worth every penny of his contract, same with guys like Mack or JJ Watt in their primes.... Complete players, something Yann isn't. Yann has a place in the NFL, but it's not as a 20+ mil a year guy. He turned down 16.5 a year here, and he lost a lot of $ for it. Tough luck, seems he hasn't learned from his mistakes either going by his recent interviews.

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