Lockout Bodes Well for Durant, Morrison

by Shane Clemons on Jun 13, 2011 1:16 AM EDT in Jacksonville Jaguars Off-Topic

The Jacksonville Jaguars have a lot of holes on their defense. Let's face it, the defensive line may be the best unit they have on defense, and that's not saying much. To be fair to the line, those guys, for the most part, are very young, and they have a bright future. Going into the off-season, I didn't expect the Jaguars to re-sign Justin Durant or Kirk Morrison, but the longer the lockout continues, the odds of keeping around those two guys gets better.

John Oehser has tackled this topic on "The O-Zone," so; this may not be earth-shattering to many of you, but what used to be a solid conclusion may become reality.

Neither one of these two guys played all that well in 2010. Kirk Morrison was always a stop gap, but Justin Durant was supposed to be among the future stars of the Jaguars' defense.

Here's some news. The Jaguars shouldn't give up on Durant just yet. Justin Durant hasn't been able to stay healthy, but he's still very young, and he does something that can be hard to find. He runs. Every single play, he runs. Justin Durant is an effort player, and he's incredibly athletic. This is just me throwing out an idea, but maybe, just maybe Gene Smith should hang on to one, if not both, of these guys. There are too many holes to fill in one off-season, and they'll give the Jags the best chance to win in 2011.

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Wayne Weaver has already essentially said Durant is gone

Morrison’s the one benefiting from all this.

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by Adam Stites on Jun 13, 2011 1:44 AM EDT reply actions

Realy sad...

Durant is good LB, just can’t stay healthy.

by Nikola R on Jun 13, 2011 7:55 AM EDT reply actions

durant is mr injury..good luck to him in the future he is gone..

by FgallosJAGS on Jun 13, 2011 8:20 AM EDT reply actions

You can't help the club if you're always in the tub

He’ll end up in NOLA or Atlanta, maybe Washington (Howard U).

Too bad, really. I thought he’d be a Zach Thomas/Derrick Thomas hybrid type.

by Joe Fisher on Jun 13, 2011 10:46 AM EDT reply actions

Durant is also one of the few players left on the team

With an arrest on his record.

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by Adam Stites on Jun 13, 2011 3:31 PM EDT reply actions

Well

if we get two good line backer pick ups, the line backers will be the best part of our defense. I say we bring back Durant, and sign a star MLB,

Then we sign a decent linebacker, like Brandon Johnson. A reserve backer so Durant plays two downs, and Johnson plays 1. Not only can Johnson play any linebacker position, but he is best fit for the weak side, so him and Durant rotating would be good.

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by rhettchrystal on Jun 13, 2011 6:52 PM EDT reply actions

Sounds good in theory.

But I think Durant is in the same boat with Sims-Walker in Gene Smith’s eyes. They are both young talented guys that can’t stay healthy, so he has decided to move on.

by kjones407 on Jun 13, 2011 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions

difference is quality depth is not in the LB corps. We have some decent receivers.

by Joe Fisher on Jun 14, 2011 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Good point.

by kjones407 on Jun 14, 2011 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think MSW

was allowed to leave in free-agency because he couldn’t stay healthy. I think Gene just didn’t see him getting any better nor doing what it would take to do so. There have been several articles written about it since the end of the season and how teams figured out how to shut him down late in the year. He just didn’t seem to have the right work-ethic.

Here's hoping we have NFL football in 2011

by pksiv on Jun 14, 2011 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions