Comments on: Are The Jaguars Once Again Becoming Hubristic With Their Roster?

By: zsgowani

zsgowani — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:36:44 +0000

I’m with Z as far as these questions remain. While the situation isn’t exactly analogous as 2008, some of Gene’s moves remain curious. The question for me is how much of this is hubris vs. how much of this is a function of the weakness of our roster vs. how much of this is a function of external pressure Gene is feeling from Khan, Mularkey, and the new staff regarding the players that were on our roster. Despite my inexplicable affection for Dillard, he only exceeded 3 catches in a game twice in a season and a half. His cut was coming. Drew Coleman’s cut, on the other hand, is still a bit of a headscratcher for me, while the Whimper/Britton combination (vs., for instance a guy like Winston who would relegate Britton to be a rotation player) screams a little more of hubris, or at least, too much faith in/willingness to gamble on one’s scouting.

By: Jason Love

Jason Love — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:45:11 +0000

Gotta believe in the team! This new coaching staff will be the main and MAJOR difference from last year.

By: dlago89

dlago89 — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:42:20 +0000

This is an interesting take, but I think there are some fairly significant differences between Gene’s confidence in this roster, and the confidence the former GM Shack Harris had in his 2008 roster.
In 2008, the Jaguars were counting on A LOT of player that were aging/past their prime – John Henderson, Paul Spicer, Rob Meier, Brian Williams, Reggie Hayward, Tony Pashos, Mike Peterson – most of these players were 28, 29, 30 and on the tail end of their prime if not past it.
In 2012, most of Gene’s draft picks and young free agent signings are approaching their prime. And even the question marks – Eben Britton, D’Anthony Smith, Austen Lane – are young enough and haven’t seen the field enough where you can write them off.
I do agree, looking back at 2008 it was pretty clear there were a lot of positions – safety, DE, offensive line – where the Jags thought they were set that were clearly still a problem. But I don’t think this is an identical situation.