I have been intrigued by Spurlock’s play lately.  After he was signed he very quickly started seeing time at wide receiver more than Kevin Elliott.  He’s had a catch of over 20 yards and is fifth on the team in yards per game.  As we all know, these aren’t big accomplishments for players in more prolific offenses, but for the Jaguars to have a player who is influential early on in his time with the team is big.

So, who is this Michael Spurlock fellow?

Turns out he’s had quite the history.  After going undrafted in 2006, Spurlock came into the league signing on with the Arizona Cardinals.  He spent the majority of the season on the practice squad but ended up with four receptions (all in one game) for 31 yards and three returns for 54 yards before moving onto Tampa Bay the next year.  It was in Tampa Bay that Spurlock became a return threat.  While only returning 16 kickoffs that season, he returned one for 90 yards and the franchise’s first kickoff touchdown return.  Spurlock then signed with the San Francisco 49ers, was cut when Michael Crabtree ended his holdout, and ended up back with the Bucs.  In 2010 he returned another kickoff (a squib kick against the Falcons) for a touchdown.  His first game back with Tampa Bay he had a punt return for a touchdown as well.  That year (2010), Spurlock had 17 receptions for 250 yards (14.7 yards per reception) and two touchdowns.  This is the only hint in his career that he could be an effective receiver if given the opportunity.

When Spurlock came to the Jaguars in October, he was fresh off being cut by the Chargers.  With the Chargers he had all of one punt return.  With the Jaguars he has begun to emerge as something more than his previous career would suggest.  Given the opportunity, Spurlock has shown that his five years in the NFL has made him a much more polished player than would be suggested by his time spent on practice squads and on the sidelines.

He may not be Calvin Johnson, but as the Jaguars are focusing on finding pieces to move forward with, Spurlock is certainly making a case for himself as both a special teamer and a receiver.

- Luke N. Sims

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In the three home games this season, the Jaguars have lost by a combined score of 105-20. We don’t even average a single touchdown at home!  That is unacceptable from a collection of 53 men that call themselves professional football players.  I don’t care as much about road games, but losing home games like that is extremely embarrassing.  We want The Bank to be a place that opponents fear!  A place that they prepare an extra week in advance for because the home team always plays above their abilities every time and find ways to win for their raucous home crowd foaming at the mouth to add another visiting victim to the slew of paupers graves we toss their mangled remains into.

Instead it is a daycare center that visiting teams use to get healthy, pad their stats, and give backups and rookies large amounts of playtime.  It is an automatic victory for everyone that comes into our home!  This atrocity cannot stand.  There is only one way to fix it.  SELL OUT EVERY HOME GAME.

The Jaguars need to sell out every game.  I don’t want to see a single untarped seat empty.  Buy all the Jaguars apparel you can afford (I can’t believe how expensive that stuff is btw), come out in droves, tailgate your face off, and stay until the 4^th quarter clock strikes 0:00.  And Boo.  Boo until you go raspy and then boo some more.  Stay absolutely silent when the other team is on offense.  Go absolutely nuts when the offense is out there.  Do not give this Jaguars team a single moment’s peace.  If they are going to hose us, we’ll hose them right back.  This is the best way to get the results we want. Why, you may ask?

If the Jags suck and no one goes to the games, we’ll be LA bound in hot minute.  We need to support the IDEA of the Jaguars.  We need to let Khan, the other 31 owners, Goodell, and ESPN know that Jacksonville is a hell of a place for NFL football.  We need to get the point across that the product on the field is no longer acceptable.  Fans must band together, arm in arm, and rise up as one to fix this abysmal situation we have on the field.  Force major changes and they will come.

VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!!

-LJ