(01-22-2023, 09:15 AM)Caldrac Wrote: What really bothers me is that. We all get swept up by the emotions of the game as fans and it's understandable.

However. You have to look at what the team did overall as a unit throughout a 17 game time span. Some of these guys that played late season heroics were playing early season villians and getting caught out of position.

Yeah, this mirrors a lot of my own thoughts ... Within the 'jaguar bubble' it was an excellent season, exciting, in contention, some great moments, very admirable coaching staff and players and achieved a degree of success which has been missing for a long time ... All factually accurate

But on the other side of the coin of you take yourself out of the 'jag bubble' and place yourself into the national context ... We were a good hard fighting team albeit with a few flaws, won some big games, were slightly fortunate to make the playoffs and were put away competently by the chiefs...

To take the next steps we have to be able to be able to see the bigger picture and take those decisions in that context ... 

For that reason id also agree this is a big off-season for Baalke ... Get the decisions in FA right and find a couple of good starters in the draft and he can ensure this team is going to have a multi year run ... I view us as very much a year or two behind the bills and bengals but on a similar trajectory! The aim has to be to keep consolidating and improving like those two franchises have over the course of 2/3 years.

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