(01-16-2024, 05:18 PM)Shad Khans Mustache Wrote:

(01-16-2024, 05:14 PM)Caldrac Wrote: [BLEEP] me dead. You're dense. The problem is the failure in evaluations. Just because you invest a pick in something doesn't mean you nailed it buddy. Have you ever played the lottery?

"So I spent $20 last week, $20 the previous week, $40 last month, used the money SKM's Mom gave me which is a wash, it's free money, $50 is worth the trouble, another $20 the month prior, in addition to the $20 that SKM's Mom gave me for our anniversary, followed by $50 the previous month, damn, but all I have to show for it is maybe $10 in lucky scratch off's". 

We didn't hit the lottery. It's the same song and dance for most teams. Detroit would be a better example for what you're trying to aim for in your nonsensical post. 

Detroit invested a top 10 pick at LT, won the lottery.
Detroit invested a pair of top 20 picks at RT and C. They won the lottery twice. 
Detroit invested a pair of 3rd RD picks. Also got some good scratch off cash back there for those rounds. Essentially winning a nice lottery.

So your argument is that while we selected players high we just didn't hit on them? This is literally your argument and it had nothing to do with coaching and QB play?

Yes you are right, somehow GB, HOU, DET, LAC were all better franchises in nailing those picks and it had nothing to do with coaching and QB. 

Can you explain how why our OLine played better last season with literally the same freaking players?

That's easy. To answer your first question, yes, yes my dense little friend, yes. We selected players high, we didn't hit on them. 

Green Bay, Houston, Detroit and Los Angeles were all better in nailing those selections and team building in general. Doesn't take much to see what the root issue is here in Jacksonville. 

Green Bay landed two rookie tight end's in later rounds better than our tight end we took in RD2. They also drafted Wicks in RD5. Better than Washington. The Rams drafted a pair of defenders in RD3 that netted them 17 sacks combined as rookies. They also landed Nacua. They also landed a RB in the same round we took Snoop Conner who is basically a star in Williams. 

Detroit's offensive line investments have paid off tremendously. They had the #1 ranked offensive line going into the play-off's and they did just enough to keep the wolves at bay in their one point win over the Rams. 

Our offensive line played better last season against lesser competition and a lesser schedule strength wise. I have already cited this numerous times. This team was built adequately enough to hover around and be sub par or slightly above sub par (Hence, back-to-back 9-8 seasons), but, when they had to actually play the better teams in the NFL? 

They got schooled. Cleveland, Baltimore, San Francisco, Houston (twice), Indianapolis (twice), Kansas City, Tampa Bay were all a lot tougher on the schedule this past season Vs. the previous season of the teams they played. Period. This front office, unlike those teams you listed above? This team rested on it's laurel's instead of adding actual, viable talent that could start and compete right off the bat. 

That's the difference. For comparison sake. This past season's SoS rating (Strength of Schedule) came out to 1.1. That's the 5th most difficult schedule this team has had historically as a franchise. Toughest schedule they've had since 2013.

This is similar to the teams James Harris & Del Rio also put together in 2004 and 2006. Where they had a pretty tough strength of schedule and would sometimes overachieve. Those were also teams that had a tendency to rely on one particular aspect offensively (running the football well) and defensively (stopping the run exceptionally well) while struggling to find balance on offense and defense (passing it well in obvious situations and burying the QB in obvious passing situations due to lack of pass rushers).

Sounds an awful lot like our current team. Woefully imbalanced offensively and defensively and would sometimes overachieve. Nothing more. Nothing less. The only difference? The schedule was tougher in 2023 along with the division Vs. 2022 and this front office did [BLEEP] ALL to improve or strengthen any of it's weaknesses in 2022 when they BARELY won the division to begin with. It's extremely rare you get that lucky twice.

Them drafting a glorified FB pretending to be a TE in RD2 and a short yardage "specialist" at RB in RD3 reeks of arrogance. Arrogance and ignorance. Period.

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