The Jacksonville Jaguars

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Quit being such a fucktard.

Maybe if I spell it out for you.....  Tebow's jerseys are now discounted 50% + for a reason.  Even though we may agree that Gabbert's performance hasn't exactly hit expectations, his jersey still sells at MSRP.  Not saying the guy's (Tebow) not popular, just saying that the NFL store tends to discount the player's jerseys once it's believed that they'll never play for that team again.  The discounts get exponentially steeper when it's believed that a player won't return to the NFL.  His jerseys are on the clearance rack, just sayin'....

I'm also not saying that it's the perfect gauge, but it's the one I'm using.

[MEGATRON]

Tebow is not an NFL QB.  Not sure why people have such a hard time understanding that.  Many teams in the NFL need a QB and not one has made a move for Tebow.  People who cannot understand that are not worth arguing with.

[Demosthenes]

I forget where I read it, but there was article that explained why the Jags focused so heavily on the O line this off season. When given more than 5 2.5 seconds to throw the ball, apparently Gabbert has a top 10 #13 passer rating. My numbers may be off. I will see if I can find the article and post a link.

[Demosthenes]

http://corner.bigblueinteractive.com/index.php?mode=2&thread=471449

"The Jaguars used advanced metrics from the website Pro Football Focus to help determine their draft pick of Luke Joeckel at No. 2 overall.
A study done by PFF's Steve Palazzolo argues that right tackles have become just as important as left tackles in terms of pass protection. Jaguars VP of Football Technology and Analytics Tony Khan -- owner Shahid's son -- expanded PFF's study to show Blaine Gabbert was the NFL's 13th-highest rated passer among 38 qualifiers in 2012 when given 2.6 seconds or more to throw. When Gabbert had 2.5 seconds or less, he was 35th in QB rating and 34th in completion rate. The Joeckel pick remains unlikely to turn Gabbert's career around, but it could lead to more competitive quarterback play in 2013 and be of particular assistance to Jacksonville's next QB in 2014.
Source: NFL.com
May 3 - 6:42 PM"

[I-10east]

Mojo got charged with battery on a security guard at St Auggie's Conch House. Another incident when a 'friend' initiated physical contact with someone ala Terrence Knighton, SMH...

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/28/report-maurice-jones-drew-charged-with-battery/

[duvaldude08]

Lord. MJD knows better. Same two problem children from last off season, MJD and Blackmon SMH.

[Wacca Pilatka]

Lord. MJD knows better. Same two problem children from last off season, MJD and Blackmon SMH.

Naturally, this has brought the "Jaguars are all thugs!" crowd crawling out of the woodwork.

Typically this leads to a corollary about how we need to sign a certain unemployed quarterback to "teach the team character" (though this apparently was ineffective on the bushels of Gators who got arrested during his tenure).

[duvaldude08]

Lord. MJD knows better. Same two problem children from last off season, MJD and Blackmon SMH.

Naturally, this has brought the "Jaguars are all thugs!" crowd crawling out of the woodwork.

Typically this leads to a corollary about how we need to sign a certain unemployed quarterback to "teach the team character" (though this apparently was ineffective on the bushels of Gators who got arrested during his tenure).

How dare you speakl of the great one in vain?! 

[subro]

Every year before the season begins, there is a new round of discussions about the Jaguars being moved. First out West and now London. Enough already...

Report: NFL is seriously contemplating moving the Jaguars to London
Yesterday in NFL   |     JoeKukura   |   333 respect


If you thought the Jacksonville Jaguars' new uniforms were far-out, wait til you hear about their rumored new hometown. CBS Sports' Jason LaCanfora reports of several anonymous, off-the-record conversations he had after Roger goodell's London comments this week. His sources were unanimously clear -- the NFL will definitely move a team to London, and the Jacksonville Jaguars are the current most likely candidate for the team to be thrown across the pond.

"Will an NFL team be based in London? Yes, it will," LaCanfora concludes. "Will the Jaguars definitely be the team to call London home? I'm not willing to say that just yet, but... I'd be putting quite a few quid on the London Jaguars."

LaCanfora is as respected and credible an NFL writer as any, and his 2,100-word speculative piece on theJacksonville Jaguars possibly moving to London is full of anonymous quotes and carefully worded inside information. It's incredibly fascinating, but who has time to read 2,100 words about the Jaguars? Let me break down LaCanfora's most important points for your executive summary:

•   Earlier this week, commissioner Roger Goodell announced he wants to playthree NFL games in  London every year. He wants the Jaguars to play two of these. It's an open secret that the league wants to put a team there permanently. Do the math, Jacksonville fans.
•   LaCanfora quoted a high-ranking (anonymous) league executive as saying the NFL "pretty much flat-out said, 'We want to have a team in London -- our goal is to get a team there and make this happen."
•   London is selling out their NFL games very reliably.
•   The NFL likes the Buffalo Bills playing a couple games per year in Toronto. The Bills are not a candidate for London relocation.
•   English Premier League soccer is making way bigger money on international exhibition games than the NFL is on their international games. The NFL is insanely jealous of this.
•   NFL TV ratings are seen as being at peak point. The league thinks that going international is the best way to keep getting filthier rich.
•   There will not be an expansion team. There are already 32 guys sharing revenue, and they do not wish to share revenue with even one more guy.
•   London has exponentially more advertising value, sponsorship, and possible corporate loge seating clients than Jacksonville ever will.
•   Travel can be handled. The Jags could play away games in consecutive weeks, for instance, and stay in the U.S. long term for multiple-week "away" visits. The 49ers traveled extensively to the Eastern time zone last season, and they did pretty well.
•   It means more money. That's the only thing that really means anything.
The NFL will play two regular season games at London's Wembley Stadium in 2013. The Minnesota Vikings play the Pittsburgh Steelers in London on Sunday, September 29, and the San Francisco 49ers play (guess who!) the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, October 27.


http://www.faniq.com/blog/Report-NFL-thinking-of-reloacting-Jaguars-to-London-Blog-67592

[Wacca Pilatka]

Needless to say, it's Khan's, not the NFL's, decision to move a team somewhere.

There are a dozen very strong refutations of the "Jaguars inevitably to London" argument on the Big Cat Country website at the moment.  I don't have time to restate them.

[copperfiend]

Win and this goes away

[ben says]

Win and this goes away

well said

[JayBird]

Many people both in the Jaguars organization and in the NFL have discussed this in the media to full extent, yet you chose to post something that an "NFL Expert" (from London???) writes?  Okay, sure thing, I get it.  Offseason and you're bored. Its okay, just 2 months til preseason. In Jacksonville.

[duvaldude08]

Yeah I read a bunch of crap the other day and decided not to go out of my way to acknowledge it. They took a comment Goddell, flipped his words and ran with it. Ive really turned a deaf ear to this stuff. As everyone else stated, its Khan decision to move the team, not the NFL. Khan is a very upfront, frank and honest guy. I don't buy that he has some sinister plot to move the team to London. Its all about building the fan base and making the organization better. Its funny when the Rams first committed to multiple years in London, you didn't any rumors about the London Rams, and they have stadium issues and are in position to actually move. But as soon as the Jags committed to multiple years, everyone brought out the moving vans. These people are idiots. Just like they just knew Weaver was selling us to LA, and Tebow to Jacksonville was a "virtual certainty", this to shall pass.

[tufsu1]

Needless to say, it's Khan's, not the NFL's, decision to move a team somewhere.

actually that's not true....Khan might want to move somewhere, but the NFL would have to approve it