I am as frustrated with anyone with the Jags 0-5 start as I felt 4-1 was a real possibility. While the majority of the blame can be cast on "Schedulegate" - Goodell's conspiracy vs. the Jags that following Sundays game with Tennessee will have had  us play in 4/6 games on the road and in THREE different time zones!!! The coaching staff  must shoulder the remainder of the blame as it's apparent to anyone who watches that  the talent is there on this Jacksonville team. Case in point - The Jags this week will use "running back by committee" moving forward to determine who gets to play. How many other teams can say they have NFL caliber running backs who are EQUAL in talent??? What a great job by our GM and personnel department to put together a dream team of running backs that can take so much pressure off of our rookie QB!

 

After doing extensive research, I was encouraged to see however that this season and the future in general is far from a lost cause. Consider this....

 

I was encouraged to see the many, many parallels between Joe Namath and our own Blake Bortles. In 1965,  the Jets lost their first six games. While we will be 1-5 after Sunday, I feel this is a fair comparison. The Jets won the last 5/8 in "65" and Namath was named American Football League Rookie of the Year. The Jags will have 10 games left after Sunday compared to the 8 that Namath had, so utilizing advanced sports analytics, The Jags should win 8/10, which would put us at 8-8 if Bortles is able  continues the trend that Namath established in 1965. I was truly inspired upon drawing this analytical and non emotional conclusion and now head into the final 11 games of the season with a renewed hope. 

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One of these years.............

Let's not discount the fact that they bear a strong resemble while sitting next to each other during a lunar eclipse, while wearing heavy fur coats. A .500 season CANNOT be in dispute.

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So I'm failing to see any similarities here unless the title for this thread is intended to be sarcastic.  Please elaborate on these "similarities".

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OH BOY, are we really reaching all the way back to 1965 and Joe Namath to try to find a some what close comparison to how BB has started out as QB in his first couple of starts?

 

This is a reach even for reaches, maybe even to the point of being one of the biggest reaches in NFL reach history.

 

How you could even come up with this reach is beyond me.

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I survived the Gus Bradley Error.

They both like beautiful women.

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They both went to college in the South.

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One of these years.............

They both like beautiful women.

 

Well then I also have something in common with BB an Broadway Joe.

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I survived the Gus Bradley Error.

Dream team of RBs. Made my day. Kudos

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As long as he doesn't try to kiss sideline reporters...

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As long as he doesn't try to kiss sideline reporters...

 

Put Rick Ballou on notice.

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One of these years.............

So, I'm watching the game with my Pittsburgh friends last week and 1 dude says Bortles reminds him of Joe Namath (from Pittsburgh).  The other friends also mentioned a big time resemblance to Johnny Unitas and Joe Montana (both also from Pittsburgh).  To join the discussion, I brought up the similarities between Bortles and Kordell Stewart -- this didn't go over well as they were all aware that Kordell is not originally from Pittsburgh.  IF you look at the facial features, I see some of Mike Ditka resemblances in Bortles.  

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He looks like Vinny. The former everybody Qb

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Put Rick Ballou on notice.

 

I'm sure Ballou has put the Namath/Kolber move on Blaylock before.

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Great thread as always

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As long as he doesn't try to kiss sideline reporters...

"I could care less about the offense sturgggullin"

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Best post in months

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"Joseph Namath" and "Blake Bortles" both contain 12 letters AND they were both born in odd-numbered years. Think about THAT.

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