The straw that breaks the camels back?

I can’t really get across how intense the backlash was. Skybox seats waiting list disappeared and 25% were left unsold. Corporate support dried up. No matter how much winning the Browns did, as long as Belichick was the coach, they didn’t care. Art Modell kept saying he believed in the coach and the team would go to the Super Bowl and the fans would return. i don’t beleive he read the situation right. That city loved the Browns but hated the management. They could not longer tolerate Modell or Belichick. Cutting Bernie was unforgivable.

Grow up man. This is excessive and stupid. This should be a place to help fans be mature, and a good one for them to vent on things. As one of the posters on this site you have a responsibility to be able to handle this decision and write a little more positively about it.

Everyone is bummed we won’t see 28 in teal next year, but it is what it is. We’ll move on, and someday soon we’ll see Fred’s name plastered on the Pride of the Jaguars. We’ll sit in the stands and cheer our asses off for him and he’ll love every minute.

No matter where Fred plays football the next year or two, he will always be a Jaguar.

Help us cope with this, not kick us when we’re down. Thanks.

The 49ers are still in San Francisco, despite the owners being universally loathed by the fans. The Dolphins survived 7-62, Jimmy Johnson, not going to the playoffs for years and years, and nearly going defeated. If the Colts had an MJD waiting behind their Fred of a Peyton Manning, they would be fine too.

The old Browns wanted a new stadium, but there are no stadium issues here. Maybe a couple cosmetic things mostly for the benefit of the Florida-Georgia game, but no big problems. The Jaguars are not going anywhere. It’s simply not happening. Sorry, Pete Prisco, Mike Silver, Roger Goodell, and all of the rest of you.

Hopefully the Jags are around for another 100 years and hopefully we will be able to draft/sign and see many many more guys like Fred Taylor on the team in the future. You have to look at the big picture no matter how much his leaving hurts. Im a Jag fan forever.

And how many current players were on the team in 1995? None of them. When Brunell was released, I was sad because I was a BIG Brunell fan, but I am and will always be an even BIGGER Jaguars fan! Vic K has stated that a team has a true fan base when the fans root more for the helmets than the players. This is very true. Look at how long the Steelers and their fans have been around. How many player changes have they seen? I bet quite a few. When Franco Harris was released did the Steeler nation colaps? I don’t think so.

with the fact that there’s a new sheriff in town and he’s not run by his emotions.

Think about a great vacation. On day one, it seems like the world is perfect. No work, all play. But soon enough, that last day rolls around and it’s back to reality. And you think to yourself, “I can’t believe it’s really over. That went by so fast. It seems like I just arrived yesterday!”

Well, as much as I love Fred Taylor (my favorite player of all time), the vacation is over. I’m sure Fred is thinking about his first time out of the tunnel in Alltell’s SW corner. We’re all replaying his great moments, and wish we could see ol’ 28 shove another DB 5 yards off the ball.

But that is no more, and as Vic Ketchman says, “It was a football decision.” Do you not see how this is also an act of courtesy to Fred? Now he can go and play for another team, rather than rot in a crowded backfield. This move shows that the new administration plays a serious, intelligent style of ball, and they’re putting on the pads early. And damnit, after years of lackidaisical draft picks, and wishy washy defenses, finally someone is coming in with a steel jaw, holding folks accountable, and making decisions that benefit the future of the franchise.

We love Fred, but the vacation is over. Time will conquer all of us. There’s no way to break that tackle.

Godspeed and God bless to the greatest player ever to wear the Teal and Black! Now, let’s all hope he gets on a team that NEEDS him and he can pass his idol, Jim Brown, in rushing yards. Fred deserves a chance to achieve his dream. Go Jags.

I love Fred and greatly appreciate what he has contributed to this team (who could forget his 90 yard TD run vs Phins in 99 playoff 62 – 7 ass whipping).

I agree with the move to release. This team has a lot of rebuilding to do – get to it. The torch must be passed, as it hs with every other franchise in NFL history. To think that the Jags are somehow insulated from this fact is simply not a realistic expectation.

Thanks Fred and good luck.