To me personally the Jags have gotten to the point where they have quit as a team and are so bad that it is impossible to look away because I’m astonished at what happens next, as well as each new low they reach.

Jack Del Rio’s face gives away how the team is playing each game, when he has that look where he is about to cry, you know that the Jags are sucking it up.

I just hope that tanking the rest of the season which seems to be the case at hand will allow them to restock this team with talent in the draft. I’ll grudgingly accept a 4-12 season if it means they can become a playoff team next year.

why does everyone keep saying we ‘cant’ afford a high pick?

This team cannot afford another high draft pick because top ten picks demand too much signing bonus and it can’t endure another holdout like this year. With the impending elimination of the salary cap, teams are going to spend recklessly on high draft picks again this year. I hope they trade down and accumulate draft picks because this team has needs at many positions. This roster needs to be rebuilt starting with both lines. First things first, Shack Harris must go now, because this team’s most important need is someone with an eye for talent and character. Not only do they suck but they don’t show up for the games. That was a disgrace last night. They should all donate their last 2 checks to charity.

There’s only so much a coach can do in this league. These guys are professionals (supposedly), they are responsible for maintaining there own discipline. It’s not like high school where players live in fear of the coach’s wrath for a poor performance and discipline is forced on you with endless gassers and up-downs. In my opinion, that’s the way it should be, but’s just not how it is. The O-line jumping off-sides for instance, that’s on them. They have been playing football all their lives, ther’s no time inthe NFL to do snap count drills, it’s a given that players in this league understand what a snap count is. Dropped passes, stupid penalties, in my opinion all that stuff falls on the players. They need to show some pride and do what they are paid to do. They had pride last year, with mostly the same staff.

That being said, JDR definitely contributed to their shortcomings with a soft training camp and maybe getting to friendly with the players. He certainly isn’t the best coach in the league and I’d be the first to criticize him in other areas, but in my opinion, the players decide whether or not they focus and play to win.

I don’t think it is JDR. These are professional athletes, they are getting paid millions (or at least hundreds of thousands) of dollars to play a child’s game.They have tens of thousands of fans screaming their heads off whenever they come to work, what more do you need to motivate yourself?! Some of the Jags have given up, without a doubt, and JDR should find a way to motivate them, but how? He is a young coach, but I think even a veteran couch would find it a hard sell to get these guys fired up. Hell, I don’t think Patton could do it. Fire JDR and who will replace him? There are no great prospects at the coaching level right now. So, you fire him anyway and take a chance on an unproven coach, no matter how good he is I will guarantee you one to two losing seasons.

There have been mistakes made by JDR, who in a management position has ever led 50 odd men and not made a mistake. I think more mistakes have been made by the front office in our personnel management, drafting and scouting. Both of our rookies defensive ends have been almost complete no-shows this year. I understand they are rookies, but we haven’t even seen any potential to get excited about. Our draft picks have been either boom or bust, with more than a few busts. I won’t hang it all on Shack Harris, however it is his job and he ultimately bears the responsibility for the players he brings in.

This team was doomed when our offensive line was severely weakend in the begining of the season. We lost our identity. All of a sudden we couldn’t run, we couldn’t protect Garrard well enough to allow him time in the pocket to manage the game the way he has done in the past. Our offense was mediocre at best, which put our already aged and weakening defense on the field for longer periods of the game, exhausting them.

Personally, cut Jerry Porter loose, trade down in the draft for a hand full of picks, revamp the O-line (first) D-line (second) and for Christ sake please draft a decent speedy receiver. I think the nucleus of our team is still good. Think where the team would be with an uninjured O-line?

just a thought..

Couldn’t agree more jimbrophoto. Silencecs see that 1st list there are some real impact players on that list not the bums that your man Shack Harris drafts in the 1st round. Except for Soward, I would take any one of those Coughlin picks over the 6 picked by this regime.