(12-22-2022, 08:16 AM)jaglou53 Wrote:

(12-22-2022, 12:31 AM)Bullseye Wrote: If this is a defense heavy draft for us, I would hope we come away with 2-3 CBs, a S, and an edge rusher.  A modern day version of the 1981 49ers draft would be great by me.

I am reminded more and more of the 1980 49ers when I think of the Jaguars.  Possibly on the cusp of greatness after years of dramatic struggle.

People forget how bad the 49er's were prior to their dominating teams of the 1980's. The same can be said of the Steelers prior to drafting Bradshaw in 1970. After so many seasons of futility, it's hard to imagine the Jaguars becoming a winning franchise like they were during the days of Brunell, Boselli, Smith, McCardell, Taylor, etc. 

Are Peterson and Lawrence capable of taking the Jaguars to the heights experienced by Montana/Walsh, Bradshaw/Noll and Brady/Belichick? I believe they are, however they will need help from the FO in acquiring talent to surround the q.b. and coach. Bradshaw was great, but look at all the HOF who played on that team. Montana was great, but without Jerry Rice and an excellent defense they would not have had such great success. The jury is still out on young players like Walker, Lloyd, Campbell, Etienne and Cisco. If they can develop into consistently good/great players and Baalke/Peterson have above average drafts moving forward then great things are possible for this franchise. Hopefully your 49er's analogy will be prophetic. I'd even settle for 2 Super Bowl wins during the next decade compared to the 4 rings the 49er's won during their decade of greatness.

The reason I remember is because I was a Dallas fan before the Jaguars camee around.

In 1980  Dallas beat them 59-14.  Joe Montana was a backup QB on that team, and Dwight Clark was a receiver on that team.  Towards the end of the ga,e in garbage time, Montana threw a TD.

They were driven by revenge the following year when they beat Dallas 45-14 in San Francisco, which was the year they won their first Super Bowl.

In their ascent, they added guys like YE Russ Francis (a great TE formerly with New England), Edge Rusher Fred Dean (formerly of the Chargers) and LB Hacksaw Reynolds (Formerly with the Rams).  Montana was in his 3rd year...under a grey haired offensive coach.
The 49ers also had a noteworthy second half rally at the end of that season.

We next year, TL will be in his 3rd year under a grey haired offensive coach.  We've added our Russ Francis with Engram.  Granted thus far Rngram hasn't been as good as Russ Francis was, but he's a reliable target for us.  Like that team, we need at least one DB, perhaps more, another edge rusher and stability at ILB. We've had two noteworthy rallies at the end of this season.

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