(03-20-2022, 11:18 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(03-20-2022, 10:28 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I'm specifically talking about the WR position. We did improve in other areas. I'm not arguing that at all, but when it comes to the area that Trevor Lawrence needed the most help in, we didn't do much at all. I said before free agency that I didn't like any of the WR's that were available and stated my desire to trade for a good one. Outside of Davante Adams, who I knew would get franchised, I didn't wanna sign any FA WR. There just wasn't any quality players. We ended up drastically overspending on an average slot receiver and overspending on a guy who couldn't even hold D.J. Chark's jock strap. I thought the best option would be to re-sign Chark and hope he stayed healthy. 

You believe what you wanna believe. You're living in a fantasy land. There is a HUGE difference between wanting out of the team you already play for and being traded to a new team. Do you think we consulted Ramsey or Ngakoue where they wanted to go before we traded them? Of course not. We took the best deal we got and the team they went to had to deal with them. It's buyer beware when you trade for a player. 

I don't believe NT was even a need. I liked what we had in DaVon Hamilton and Malcolm Brown. I thought they did a good job last season. As far as LB, there was no tier 1 guys, imo. We signed the guy we should have signed. He may not be a tier 1 guy, but as I already explained, he is an ascending young player and I believe he will be a tier 1 LB very soon. I never criticized this pick at all. The addition of Foye Oluokun was actually one of my favorite signings.

Malcolm Brown is a free agent after this season and DaVon Hamilton is developing but his play was still pretty inconsistent.

The Jags also ranked 23rd in yards allowed on the ground last year. Upgrading run defense was indeed a need. The two best ways to do that are DT and ILB. They did both even though half of the ILB equation is yet unsolved. 
I can't imagine faulting the NT addition we made. Very wise free agent move IMO. 

Nothing personal, but every time the Jags make a move that doesn't fit some incredibly specific parameters you've set your heart on, you tend to lash out with some off-the-charts hyperbole. 
Respectfully - I don't think it's quite as bad as you're making it out to be. 

None of us are thrilled with the current state of the Jags receiving corps, but it's still mid-March. 
And the Jags have better hands available to Trevor Lawrence than he had in 2021 with another addition almost assuredly on the way.  

TBA Early Draft Pick + Kirk + Engram + Z.Jones is a solid upgrade for a 2nd year promising QB. 
If Lawrence's line protects marginally better than last season - these additions should help him produce respectfully in Pederson's offense. 

I never expected a team with this many blatant hurdles to overcome to hit a home run in free agency since so many players want to go to immediate contenders - but we may have actually cracked one awkwardly off the backstop for a stand up double.

Brown is a FA after this season, so I'd deal with it then. Right now, I like him and Hamilton. As far as ranking 23rd in rushing yards allowed, much of that had to do with the terrible play of both our ILB's. Jack and Wilson were putrid. Thank God we will be starting over at the position. Foye Oloukun is better than both those guys combined. I just think the money we spent on NT, would've been spent wiser by using it to trade for a good WR and possibly extending them. 

I just don't see a significant difference in the WR unit. How is Trevor supposed to grow as a QB when he has no decent targets? Unless we trade up into round 1, I just don't see a difference making WR falling to us at #33. With Green Bay now needing a WR, I see all of the top guys gone by pick #22 and after London, Williams, Olave, Wilson and Dotson, I see a huge dropoff at the position. I still think there is good receivers to be had, but I don't see much of a difference between the guys who fall to round 2 and the ones in round 6. They are pretty much all hit and miss. It's a deep WR draft, but they guys at the top are the cream of the crop. 

It depends on who the early round pick is. Kirk is an average slot receiver, Engram is good, but he has to prove he can stay healthy. He's only played a full season once out of the last 5 years and I'm not even sure Zay Jones is good enough to make the final roster. I just don't see much of a difference in the receivers, even with better protection. 

We definitely got better on defense. I'm not arguing that. I believe we got better at OG as well and if Engram stays healthy (which is a big "if",) we got better at TE, but this team cannot have an average slot receiver as it's top WR.

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