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It honestly makes a difference. The Jags used that #1 draft pick to lure in Urban and it just led to their further downfall. I'd honestly argue that missing on Urban and Lawrence would have been better for that franchise. They'd have kept Minshew and not be a dumpster. Just wish we snagged him for peanuts and started building a legit team.

hate to break it to you... we only have one young corner that is seeing any playing time currently.

Some seemed to be confused by 5th year options. Teams can't exercise that option following the 4th year. It must be done prior. It was either add that year or lose the option. Team likely made that trade with the decision already made and hence the draft picks relinquished.

I'm confused. Are there people in this thread saying Minshew is not good enough to be rostered by the Carolina Panthers? The Carolina Panthers - biggest joke of a franchise atm when it comes to QB decisions. We're paying our replacement, replacement's replacement, and the QB originally replaced. All while having one of the worst offenses in the NFL. But nah... let's act like a solid QB on his rookie contract for the price of a third-day draft pick would have made this franchise worse than it is.

I'd say there's an obvious correlation to increased athleticism and ligament tears. Ligaments are not built to be that strong, fast, and explosive and it's leading to more non-contact injuries.

Stephen Davis played three seasons with us and spent 33% of that time on IR.

The draft decision was absolutely correct between those two options. Our extension was not. Fournette's probably playing for relatively cheap in Tampa Bay.

It wasn't with ease. They nearly ran out of time if not for the blown coverage by the backup who just came in. Also, they got a lucky defensive pass interference call to jumpstart the drive. Wilson took a deep sack as well.

lmaooooooooo

This offense hasn't moved the ball much at all when CMC has been out. Expect total offensive trash for the rest of the season.

Anyone who thought that lacks base intelligence.

O-Line is overmatched at all times. I hope the low IQ fans understand that you have to have a functional team. Relying entirely on a QB is not viable.

Oh. Maybe you should look up the meaning of /s on message boards.

A large, vocal group here believes we are a superstar QB away. Oh, and who cares about the assets (player(s) and draft picks) lost for such a trade.

Deshaun Watson would have us in the Super Bowl. /s

FIFY

This team statistically was second prior to this game. I don't believe we are actually anywhere near that in reality when factoring in context: strength of schedule, average opponent field position, and health of opponent’s offense.

Just look at the scores of our games this season. The only time the defense has shutdown offenses came against banged up teams on 2nd and 3rd string QBs. The Saints was ok… but really think that offense took a major hit going from Brees to Winston.

Which is why the front office and coaches are sabotaging our potential for success. We use draft capital and insane salary cap on our QB blunders. We draft two WRs that have zero impact. With these decisions, there’s clearly no concern about a clean pocket.

Truth is this defense hasn’t really stifled any teams outside of 3rd string QBs and garbage-tier offenses.

Hold up. You think this is the first time the defense hasn’t performed well? We’ve invested heavily there and it still falls apart. Edit: And what the hell is the “aren’t hiding their true intentions?” People can’t have the opinion that the coaching isn’t sufficient or that the roster still has critical holes to fill?

That’s the point of the thread. This team wasn’t a good QB away from competing.

Has Ron ever shown more happiness on the sideline and immediate aftermath of a win? Straight giddy. fug em

That’s my QB and RB!

Trash defense. If not for that fortunate fumble recovery, this defense would fully have lost this game.