With the 10th pick in the 2010 NFL Draft...

[Tripoli1711]

I must say, at this point I am playing the "what might have been" game in my mind re: Tebow.  I mean, IF he ends up being a star quarterback, and if he had lead us to a couple of titles.. wow.  You think Peyton Manning is in a lot of commercials during football season?  Tebow would have been in 2,000,000 commercials wearing a Jaguars jersey.  He would be on the cover of every magazine, in a Jaguars jersey.  Little kids in North Dakota would become bandwagon Jaguars fans and wear Jaguars jerseys to school and dream of coming to Jacksonville and watching a game.

Honestly, it probably was our one chance, at least for quite some time, to become a true national sensation.  Both as a football team and as a city as a result of the team. There are a lot of "if and then"s in that scenario, but part of me kinda wishes we had taken that chance.  It certainly would have been very high risk, but very high reward...

[Shwaz]

I heard Denver will be selling his #15 Jersey and a replica clipboard just like the one he'll hold for most of his career.

[jason_contentdg]

I heard Denver will be selling his #15 Jersey and a replica clipboard just like the one he'll hold for most of his career.

Right...and he was never supposed to be able to do anything against SEC defenses either.  He was doubted when he started his college career as well.  All he did was win a heisman and be a finalist for 3 years, set rushing TD record for the SEC, was the first person to throw over 30 passing tds and rush for over 20 tds in a single season, and threw only 16 interceptions his entire career, while helping his team win two national championships.

Will he make a good NFL qb, who knows?  But he's proven he could thrive when many thought he could not already.

So much venom towards a local kid going on to play the in NFL, a dream of his since he was a child.

I don't get it.

[Shwaz]

I heard Denver will be selling his #15 Jersey and a replica clipboard just like the one he'll hold for most of his career.

Right...and he was never supposed to be able to do anything against SEC defenses either.  He was doubted when he started his college career as well.  All he did was win a heisman and be a finalist for 3 years, set rushing TD record for the SEC, was the first person to throw over 30 passing tds and rush for over 20 tds in a single season, and threw only 16 interceptions his entire career, while helping his team win two national championships.

Will he make a good NFL qb, who knows?  But he's proven he could thrive when many thought he could not already.

So much venom towards a local kid going on to play the in NFL, a dream of his since he was a child.

I don't get it.

What?! He was the highest recruited player in the nation coming out of high school... I know the kid is Christian but take the cross off his shoulders.

[jason_contentdg]

I heard Denver will be selling his #15 Jersey and a replica clipboard just like the one he'll hold for most of his career.

Right...and he was never supposed to be able to do anything against SEC defenses either.  He was doubted when he started his college career as well.  All he did was win a heisman and be a finalist for 3 years, set rushing TD record for the SEC, was the first person to throw over 30 passing tds and rush for over 20 tds in a single season, and threw only 16 interceptions his entire career, while helping his team win two national championships. And where did I mention anything about him being Christian?

Will he make a good NFL qb, who knows?  But he's proven he could thrive when many thought he could not already.

So much venom towards a local kid going on to play the in NFL, a dream of his since he was a child.

I don't get it.

What?! He was the highest recruited player in the nation coming out of high school... I know the kid is Christian but take the cross off his shoulders.

Yeah, he was highly rated, but many doubted that he could run and throw against SEC defenses....sure their weren't as many doubters as he now has about his NFL potential, but it was being said 4 years ago.

[Shwaz]

It was being said by a select few. The SEC is almost all spread formations and he was obviously the best player ever in that offense. I'm sure the majority of 'experts' had him pegged to succeed.

[Wacca Pilatka]

I heard Denver will be selling his #15 Jersey and a replica clipboard just like the one he'll hold for most of his career.

Right...and he was never supposed to be able to do anything against SEC defenses either.  He was doubted when he started his college career as well.  All he did was win a heisman and be a finalist for 3 years, set rushing TD record for the SEC, was the first person to throw over 30 passing tds and rush for over 20 tds in a single season, and threw only 16 interceptions his entire career, while helping his team win two national championships.

Will he make a good NFL qb, who knows?  But he's proven he could thrive when many thought he could not already.

So much venom towards a local kid going on to play the in NFL, a dream of his since he was a child.

I don't get it.

I think a good part of it is not venom toward Tebow per se but backlash against hearing his name so often, and the context in which it usually arises in relation to the Jaguars. 

I've no logical reason to dislike him personally, but I forever associate the mention of his name with a sports media campaign to categorize Jacksonville as a minor-league/college town.  As much time and money as I expend defending Jacksonville as a city where the Jaguars will succeed and thrive and endure, it's outright embarrassing when, e.g., local radio hosts associate not drafting Tebow with "giving the middle finger to the city," or when it becomes a national media meme that we can only sell tickets if we draft the local hero, or when Vic Ketchman receives 500 absurdist e-mails a day casting Tebow as a surefire Super Bowl champion.  He became a symbol of classifying Jacksonville as insular and small-time.  Because I love Jacksonville, I hate that. 

I also do not think he will become a good QB--not that my opinion is worth anything in that department, but I hated the thought of our rolling the dice on him because I saw the idea of expending a first or even a second-rounder on him as pandering to the fair-weather fans in the area rather than genuinely trying to improve the team.  And I figured that would only further the "Jacksonville as minor-league and college town" reptuation that those in the press who openly root for the team to move want to encourage.

[buckethead]

Looks like we should have started a Tebow thread.

Today is the day we need to welcome Tyson Alualu to Jacksonville.

I have my doubts because I had not heard of him. Remebering that we are going to take Derrek Cox in tonights second round, I must defer to the wisdom of Gene Smith. We have already gotten a productive year from that pick, although I saw it as a reach when it happened. (I did not really know, but I listened to the "experts")

Question:

Would you take Derrek Cox in the second round tonight?

Answer: Only if you had good sense. Gene Smith is a year ahead of the pack. Ima cut him some slack.

[Sportmotor]

Where did this "Jaguars have never won a home opener" thing come from?  Seattle in 2005, Dallas in 2006, Pittsburgh in 1996 off the top of my head.

I think

selective reading is like crack, it kills

[Shwaz]

Where did this "Jaguars have never won a home opener" thing come from?  Seattle in 2005, Dallas in 2006, Pittsburgh in 1996 off the top of my head.

I think

selective reading is like crack, it kills

As bad as talking out of your crack?

[Sportmotor]

Dunno, let me know who that goes for ya.

[Wacca Pilatka]

Where did this "Jaguars have never won a home opener" thing come from?  Seattle in 2005, Dallas in 2006, Pittsburgh in 1996 off the top of my head.

I think

selective reading is like crack, it kills

In one of the other Jaguar threads someone remarked that he or she could not remember the last time we won a home opener...just assumed it was becoming some kind of trend or urban legend...

[urbanlibertarian]

In the 3rd round Jags pick another DT.  D'Anthony Smith 6'2" 304 lb. from La Tech.

From CBS Sports:
03/21/2010 - PRO DAY RESULTS: In a draft loaded with elite defensive tackle prospects, don't forget Louisiana Tech's D'Anthony Smith. While not likely to go in the first round, Smith is generating significant interest from personnel evaluators. Defensive line coaches from the Vikings, Bengals, Saints, Rams and Ravens all came to watch Smith work out at Louisiana Tech's pro day on March 17. Smith responded to all of the attention with a solid performance. He ran the 40-yard dash in 5.01 and 5.08 seconds, had a 35 1/2-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot, 5-inch broad jump, a 4.58-second short shuttle, a 7.42-second three-cone drill and 30 bench press repetitions at 225 pounds. He did position drills for about an hour after the workout. - Gil Brandt, NFL.com

[hanjin1]

why the heck did we pick another defensive tackle? i just don't see how i can keep on trusting on gene smith here. this makes no sense when we have holes in other areas. geezus

[Keith-N-Jax]

Yeah like in defense.