(03-06-2019, 03:38 PM)JAGFAN88 Wrote:

(03-06-2019, 03:30 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: Oh the irony.

This team doesn't need a complete overhaul and I never said that. What I did say was that signing Foles because "the defense is ready now" is a very bad reason to sign him. I brought up Manning as just one example of a FA QB who took his team to the SB. Other than Brees and Manning (who were FAs only because of injury concerns) how many FA QBs have won a SB? If Foles had been the QB all season 2 years ago, do the Eagles even make the playoffs? He was absolutely terrible in 3 of the 6 games he started in 2017. 

My point is that the best way for a team to have consistent and sustained success is with a true franchise QB. And the best way to do that is to draft one. Not to take some other teams leftovers.

We all want the team to be good not just this year but to continue being a contender every year. The problem comes up with the mandate laid down by the Owner the dictates what the coaches and front office would do. They have been told to win this year or else. So they will do whatever it takes to win this year. i know building for the future is preferable but if your job is on the line you are going to do what you think will keep your job.

What mandate by the owner?? Is this just a personal fantasy that you believe, a hypothetical, or do you have something to back that up?

I think all this “win now mode” talk is garbage, personally. Nearly every team sees themselves in “win now mode” unless they have just begun a massive rebuild. 
Every GM that has some semblance of a roster put together is trying to complete it enough to “win now” in each and every offseason. 

I think this Jags situation comes down to the basic football philosophies of Coughlin and Marrone. 
They think they can win with Foles and a few other upgrades and it will buy them time to select and develop a young QB in this offseason or the next.

Seems rather simple to me. 

Add a QB that’s better than the last guy and mix in a couple of upgrades at o-line and TE. Then Let your very good defense give them 9 or 10 opportunities to win games by only needing to score 20-24 points. 

Sometime between now and the 2020 draft find your heir apparent young QB.

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