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What will Happen to Jack and David post 2010?

Luke Sims — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:50:15 +0000

I love the beginning of the football season. We’re tied with the Colts for first place in the division, we can mock the Texans until their offense proves (once again) how dominant it is, and laughing about Tennessee’s quarterback situation has become an annual event to look forward to. But it’s also a time to dream, speculate, and ponder how our team will look at the end of the season and what changes may be made.

The coaching situation in Jacksonville is very unstable. I love Jack Del Rio, I like his mind, I like his attitude, and I like his preference of defense. But unless the Jaguars go 11-5/win the division or better this season, it’s time to hire the 3rd head coach in franchise history. That is my standard. Period. And that new head coach should be Vikings Defensive Coordinator Leslie Frazier. The Bills have alread

My expressed interest in Frazier and have had him visit for interviews. The Jaguars have expressed no interest in moving away from Jack, but if they let Frazier slip through their fingers this year they will have missed a huge opportunity. And by bringing in a new head coach during the same year that the Jaguars should draft a new quarterback (more on that later), they will hopefully promote a good relationship that allows them to grow and get used to each other until they are both able to shine week in and week out. Which brings me to the quarterback position:

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David Garrard – The Soldier

Luke Sims — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:08:13 +0000

I must admit, I disagree with Terry’s article. I know that I am a dissenting opinion (besides evilboy in the comments, and his opinion was so misbegotten that it is doesn’t hold much weight) but I must say that I disagree. Initially this was just a comment on Terry’s article, but it got so long and I liked what I was saying enough that I decided to post it. After all, the larger the variety of thought, the better overall thinking is done.

So here is my take on David Garrard’s play and actions as a soldier on the field.

I think David Garrard does have the faculties to be a Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, but he is still learning. David’s learning is just taking place a later point in his career. Unlike Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, David wasn’t thrust into the starting role to heal a franchise (were the Colts or Patriots truly a threat before those two quarterbacks became who they are now?) at a young age. He was backup to Mark Brunell for a few years first. During this period he developed his physical tools to succeed in the NFL and was just gearing up to start when all of a sudden Byron Leftwich, the hottest thing out of Marshall, appears.

So, Garrard sits the bench again and waits his turn. But rather than being able to observe a solid starting quarterback and pick his brain, he had to help mentor the guy ahead of him. Babysitting the younger man rather than gleaning information from a Drew Bledsoe, like Tom Brady could.

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