(03-15-2019, 01:44 AM)FBT Wrote:

(03-14-2019, 11:59 PM)Firesky Wrote: That point about David Garrard is soooo offbase. "shrunk away?" after 2007, he went on to have a probowl season for us, and his final year here set a career high in TD's and completion %. Despite having no weapons besides MJD. We were still a .500 team for Garrards final years. They moved on from him wayyy too quickly, and frankly it was what sparked the dark age that was this past decade sans the 2017 season. Aside from 2017, the Jaguars have not had more than 5 wins in any season since David Garrard departed. Even MJD couldn't carry us to more W's, and in one of his 3 post Garrard years he won a rushing title... QB play matters. David Garrard was a fantastic QB for this franchise, please don't insinuate that extending him was a mistake. Garrard doesn't get enough credit from our fanbase.

Let's talk about revisionist history, shall we?

After 2007, he racked up 38 interceptions over 3 seasons after being incredibly efficient as a game manager up to that point.  The year he was in the Pro Bowl?  He threw 15 TDs vs. 10 INTs.  The ONLY reason he made the Pro Bowl that year is because the league moved it to the weekend before the Super Bowl, and he was something like the 7th or 8th alternate in the AFC.  Garrard was the 19th rated passer in the league that year.

The move couldn't have happened soon enough.  He was at best a career backup who lucked into a starting role and a nice post season run.  He parlayed that into a big contract extension that never should have happened.  As far as the career high for TDs, 23 is average for most QBs.  He cracked 20 TDs only once in his entire career, and averaged less than 200 yards per game in his final season here.  There's a reason he was sent packing.

Fantastic QB is something a Garrinder would say.  He was average at best.  Extending him was a mistake, and one that the front office at the time refused to admit to for 3 years.  It never should have happened, but like with Bortles, the front office was so excited to return to the post season that they couldn't wait to extend him.

Garrard was winning games for us, he was never going to post the ridiculous 18:3 td:int ratio, just like foles was never going to go 27:2 again. Garrard had practically no weapons in the passing game, and we had piss poor defenses post 2007, yet the man kept us competitive and got us to around .500. Hes the 2nd qb this franchise has ever had, no one said hes a hall of famer but he was above average.

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