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Quick Bytes: Chad Slaughter and Milford Brown become Jacksonville Jaguars


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So I just finished re-watching the Jaguars-Titans game and it honestly was not as bad as I had thought.  Defense and Special Teams were outstanding and kept the game within reach.  Vince Young continued to prove that he's not ready to be a team leader, and the Jaguars start the season much like last year, 0-1.

Of course, there's a teeny-weenie problem with our offensive line.  Specifically the absence of any left and right guards.  How important could that be to a team that likes to run the ball?

: The first issue the Jaguars had to address was figuring out who to bring in to fill out the Jaguars depth on the offensive line.  The Jaguars signed OG Milford Brown and OT Chad Slaughter, players that are best described as journeymen, to say the least.  Milford was most recently seeing game action with the St. Louis Rams when they suffered an offensive line massacre.  Ryan of Turf Show Times, the SB Nation St. Louis Rams Blog, had this to say about Milford:

Ah, Milford Brown. His tenure in St. Louis was brief and unmemorable. The Rams never got much going up the middle last season and upgraded this year. Brown was let go and the Rams turned to two rookies from the 2008 draft to fill in the depth chart. He certainly didn't look like starter material with the Rams last season, but neither was anyone else around him on the line which could color my view.

So there's that.

: Chad Slaughter is a little more interesting. First off, he's big, 6-8, 340lbs, so he can certainly fill some space.  Second, he's a tackle, not a guard, which helps back up Barnes, though still raises some questions about what happens in the middle of the line.  Mo Williams and Vince Manuwai are beasts as run blockers, can Slaughter get into the rotation and be effective?

: Perspective time.  Think ahead a few weeks, Brad Meester comes back, which means that Dennis Norman can play guard, which makes our line look like Barnes, Norman, Meester, Nwaneri, and Pashos, which is a pretty solid line, albeit one that has zero margin of error.  The Jaguars have next to nothing on the shelf on the line and the injuries put into question the very key to what the Jaguars do.

That said, adversity brings good things out of teams.  So have faith.

: The Jacksonville Police Department say that Richard Collier was "targeted".  Jaguars players and Richard's family have inreased the reward for information from $1,000 to $10,000.  Richard is considered to be in critical but stable condition.

:WTF is going on with Vince Young?

-Chris

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Who had a worse day on Sunday
Houston Texans
34 votes
Indianapolis Colts
30 votes
Jacksonville Jaguars
69 votes
New England Patriots
127 votes

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If Kerry Collins is effective as the starting QB, this could cause alot of drama. If so, I could see the Titans listen to trades for Young.

-John

by FSBlueApocalypse on Sep 10, 2008 11:09 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Rewatched the Game as WEll

Came away very impressed with the way Kalif handled KVB except for the that one play where he caused the fumble.

by NASF on Sep 10, 2008 12:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I've been trying to tell people

we played pretty well especially at the tackle poistion. The only real reason we lost is because our biggest weakness was exploited by their biggest strength. So you could say it was just a bad match up. We WILL be a good team; barring anymore injuries.
I did question the predictability of our play calling though. Sometimes you have to gamble, and with that said; you win some, you lose some. It’s as simple as that.
I can’t wait to see Chris Johnson blasting through the Colts defense.

by Ewdtrey on Sep 10, 2008 1:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Who?

who votes for anyone but the Patriots in that poll. They surely had the worst sunday. They may have won but I would have taken the loss and kept my qb.

by skywalker on Sep 10, 2008 3:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It was a solid effort except

I don’t mean to start down this path, but a top quarterback would have looked better than David did. David accounted for two turnovers. He didn’t throw the deep ball well to Troy Wiliamson, in fact he under-threw him, something he did all pre-season. He also has a fumbling problem when chased.

This is where the big money players and coach come through. The team was solid and strong in so many ways and only missed winning a huge victory by a little bit. That little bit, however, required a heroic effort by someone, and no one showed up on offense. Unfortunate, but a good learning experiece. Time for David Shula and Dirk Kotter to go to work.

by Tkopa on Sep 10, 2008 7:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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