Jaguars Sign Journeyman Defensive Lineman
by silencecs on Jul 23, 2009 7:19 PM EDT
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Editorial Note: Stanley played for the Falcons in 2007, starting 6 games and recording 35 tackles and 2 fumble recoveries. He injured his biceps early in 2008 while playing for the New Orleans Saints.
The Jaguars announced today the acquisition of defensive lineman Montavious Stanley. Room was made for Stanley by releasing George Hypolite, an UDFA DT from Colorado. The Jaguars and Gene Smith clearly recognize where the weakest link on the team is, defensive tackle. Montavious is a serviceable lineman who can hold his own at the point of attack. He's nowhere near the run-stuffer that this team has been accustomed to in the past, however, he is a large bodied veteran who is capable of making the squad, if nothing else.
Gene has gone to great lengths to shore up a patch-work defense with cheap free agent signings who have a shot to contribute. He did it at the safety position with Sean Considine, Marlon McCree, and Gerald Alexander. Now, Gene has turned his attention to rectifying the substantially more ominous problem of fixing the DT position. Finding BIG men who can play in the trenches is much harder than finding players to cover the safety position.
It will be interesting to see how the DT spot shapes up... Here are the most likely candidates to make the final roster, I would be surprised if we keep more than 4 or 5 DT's, and if anyone can play DE in addittion to DT (Rob Meier), they will have an even greater chance of cracking the final 53. Barring injury, Terrence Knighton, and Derek Landri are locks to make the squad, with John Henderson an extremely likely candidate (unless he is traded, which is still a possibility in my book).
J. Henderson
D. Landri
R. Meier
A. Ellison
M. Stanley
T. Knighton
J. Lewis
PIck your DT's....
-Collin Streetman
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Waiting at the next station to be picked up!
You’re late, as per usual… Dammed Amtrak!
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The Jags clearly aren't comfortable with what they've got right now at the postion... I wonder if we'll see anyone else signed...
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When I look at the team
the entire D-Line looks to be problematic. Gene must see this.
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The Draft will set you Free
And you’ll see a wonderful DT draft next year. We’ll struggle thru at this position, this year.
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Henderson, Knighton, Landri, Ellison, Stanley
They all suck, so just keep a steady rotation to at least keep ’em fresh.
I wanna trade Hen, but only if we got a younger player who could offer about as much production. Cough…cough… Dorsey
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lol...BGF... how long have you been here... c'mon, you know Harvey shows his face once a week, slams someone, then disappears only to post useless fanposts..
He’s like the part time BCC court Jester… Maybe he could be King Cuffs’. He is funny sometimes though. everyone ignores or chuckles when they scan over one of his comments, just do the same.
Nice to see you “contributing” again Harvey!
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i'm all for Dorsey
rumor has it that he will be playing DE in the 34 at KC
he needs to be here
i bet Pioli is dumb enough, but the price tag is probably enormous
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I think Pioli has a great track record. The guy even snagged that QB from NE, Cassell, for only a 2
He’s no pushover and is going to build that franchise right. Lets just hope he didn’t let his bias towards Cassel blind him into making a bad decision. If he doesn’t work out, then Pioli is the man to blame.
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i think that was Bellichick screwing over McDaniels
it just seems right
And i’m not goo goo or ga ga over the Chiefs draft
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but other teams were offering a first for cassel, and Pioli got him for a 2, that's value in my book
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A few writers are saying that the Pats did not want a first round pick.
The cost, especially the Chiefs pick at #3, would have been too high for their pay structure. New England wanted a second round pick, and the Chiefs pick at #34 is ideal.
At least, that was the theory. They also were not crazy about any of the players that made sense to pick in that range.
The Patriots will sign their top three picks for $7 mil guaranteed money
We will sign Eugene Monroe for $19 million guaranteed.
The Patriots are in the top five leading revenue generating teams. They are making money and putting good product on the field. The Vikings bring in the least and are on a spending spree.
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I don't buy that
I think if the Pats could have gotten more they would have. With teams like the Jets willing to trade up like they did I highly doubt the Pats gave up the chance to get even more picks than they did.
For a team with a fairly set roster there is not much sense in drafting a whole whack of players.
The Pats are “arrogant” enough to believe that they can get very good NFL starters in the second and late first rounds which saves them a bundle of cash. Cash to spend on veteran free agents and to keep their key stars.
It seems counter intuitive, but that is the state of the NFL these days.
by NorthLeft12 on Jul 27, 2009 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
You can get great NFL starters in the 2nd round
If someone told me the Jaguars would have 3 of the first 10 picks in the 2nd round and no first round pick every year, I would take it
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by Jonathan Loesche on Jul 27, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Well
they are probably also arrogant enough to think they could swindle a couple more teams out of their picks by trading down, if not for this year then for next years picks. And don’t be fooled with the stars on their roster, they still have plenty of holes. They hardly have any youth on defense. They were looking for a rush LB’s, just ask the Raiders. If the Raiders were willing to ask for a lower draft pick the Pats would have likely traded for Derrick Burgess.
Agreed, their defence is pretty average.
The Pats are good, but I don’t see them being dominant in 2009.
I don't know that he was "steal"
but he’s a good player. His problem will be battling Brandon Merriweather, who improved a lot last year.
Word
It’s pretty hard to call a second round pick a steal, unless he enters the hall of fame, passes Rod Woodson in interceptions, and lays bigger hits than John Lynch.
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I think Dorsey will
have a problem seeing a lot of play time at DE. I have a hard time believing that he will beat out Tyson Jackson at a position Jackson is practically made for. And believe or not, I think Pioli struck gold with Alex Magee in the 3rd round this year.
I´ll go with that combination too...
I don´t see Meier making the final 53 this year, unless they keep him as a DE/DT, Ellison and Stanley are younger
Montavious played for us in 2006 and recorded a 0.5 sack.
Its his only sack, I think? We didn’t keep him them, I don’t think he’ll stay considering that we were the only team that actually played him.
Maybe 0.5 sacks looks better now than it did before
If he had 0.5 sacks by mid-season last year he would have been the sack leader. (I know, it is a joke)
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he had 2 sacks in 2007, and 2 fumble recoveries playing for the Falcons.
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Wrong Jagorama...
He played for the Falcons in 2007 and started 6 games, recording 35 tackles and 2 fumble recoveries. He made the squad in New Orleans before injuring his biceps early in the year. I think he’s got a better shot than a rookie UDFA, or a lifetime Practice squader (ellison)… Just letting you know, you need to keep an eye on him.
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Another thing
Jagorama should keep in mind. Look at what we had at DT in the 06 season. DT may have been our strongest position at the time.
Its scary but here in Detroit we are in the same bind for DTs
At least you guys have Henderson at one spot. We just picked up Orien Harris who appears to be on an around the NFL tour. Since being drafted in 2006 by the Steelers he will be on his seventh team.
Think about that…..seven teams in three years. Call Guinness!
Hmm
Right now we are pretty much stuck with a patch work job at DT, DE will be fine if we can get the push up the middle to draw the double teams away from our DE’s . I don’t see Henderson getting traded unless someone offers at least a player and a 3rd rounder for him. I have a feeling that Knightion is going to be the diamond in the rough that slips in under the Radar and gives us some decent production. Meier is on the down side of 30 and Henderson wants out.
As for BGF. Man don’t worry be happy and remember: Stupidity is not worth a response
by jesusjagfan2009 on Jul 24, 2009 12:42 PM EDT reply actions
I like Knighton
He shows a lot of promise. I watched some more of his tape, and he has a serious motor. I’m surprised anyone noticed him enough to make him a 3rd rounder. Props to the scouting department, because unless you watch him carefully you don’t notice him. He does a lot without making it obvious to the average fan. He doesn’t flash a lot, at least not very big; but he’s very productive and I think next year he will go under the radar again. I also think that it will be another 2-3 years before he will look as good as his draft position. We are gonna need a lot of patience as fans for him.
he has a draft guys tv thing on youtube and he beats the center everytime
and on the ones he didn’t make it to the qb, he would’ve knocked the C into the QB
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Yeah I've seen those clips
they are pretty good. I’ve also watched a couple of his games too. Him jacking up the center is a typical play he would make. It disrupts the offense, but it’s not a sack nor is it a hurry exactly. It is however productive/helpful. He also doesn’t have the quick first step to split double teams with pure speed; but in a few years I think he has enough speed and agility, that if he were to get stronger, like I expect, he should be a force on the inside.
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