(04-28-2024, 02:14 PM)cland Wrote:

(04-28-2024, 01:49 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: The "starting LG" wasn't until even on the team until week ten and didn't start until week 11 and he played through an injury that he probably should not have. 

Trying to act like that position isn't improved by re-signing him is pretty stupid. He has a track record of top tier guard performance prior to the injury and there's nothing to suggest he can't return to form.

But you just keep blurting out the same bull [BLEEP] ignoring the signing completely. 

What Pedreron is counting on is that Morse will be what he's always been - which is [BLEEP] miles and miles better than Fortner. And that Cleveland will be what he was pre-injury. Which is miles better than any of the 4 other LGs we tried to start last year. 

That ^ in itself will return the run game to some degree of functionality as those positions have been the clear weak spots for 2 years ongoing. (I started a thread on LG/C poor play in 2022 mid-season) 

The under 2 second pressures coming from the gap responsibility of those two - and their constant push backward into the pocket was a major problem for Lawrence's nearly complete lack of a pocket last year. He should not be off script as often as a result of these moves. 

The whole "they didn't do anything but add a Center with concussion history" is disingenuous or ignorant. 
Take your pick.

Hehe, I was waiting for this was coming from NYC4jags again.  The question is did Ezra Cleveland start in the final game^?  The Jaguars resigned Cleveland, they didn't ADD him.  The Jags went 3-5 while he was starting.  Every teams OL will be healthier next season, there is almost no OLmen who's 100% at the end of the season.

BUT the question was "IF one of your IOL gets hurt..."

I'm trying to figure out how the Jags went 3-5 when Ezera was starting considering he only started 5 games, and interestingly enough, his first start TL, Little, and Kirk all got injured and Cam didn't play.

His second start he only played 34% of the snaps, with TL still suffering from his ankle, Kirk out, Tyson Campbell out and Cam out.

His third start TL was still banged up, no Kirk, no Campbell,  no Cisco, and no Cam.

His 4th start TL still banged up, no Kirk, no Zay, and no Cam.

His 5th and final start TL was still struggling with injury to the point he didn't even play the previous game and still no Kirk.

You make it seem very eager to hold Cleveland accountable for the Jags losing towards the end of the season when you can see the team was plagued by injuries and in spite of this we still almost made the playoffs.

Players production is not static from year to year, sure everyone's Oline will be healthy, but it doesn't mean that there won't be players in decline or have bad seasons and other players get better. 

We can play the what if game with all sorts of positions. What if Kirk goes down again, our offense took a nose dive once he was out. What about Engram? No one on this roster can match his production at TE. What if Josh Allen goes down? There isn't a player behind him who could come close to his production.

Young talent develops. You are already making the assumption that are back ups will be static players with no possibility of improvement with further development and experience.

You don't need to worry about what kind of depth we have in April. You wait and see in preseason what they bring to the table this year. Then you have reason to worry or possibly not worry.

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