The Jacksonville Jaguars

RattlerGator · September 23, 2015, 08:47:19 PM

MusicMan, it's cool. We're just coming at it from different angles. I'm an off-the-charts optimist who is A.O.K. with the odds stacking up against my optimism being fulfilled. That's what makes being a fan so much fun to me. It's so incredibly special when optimism and reality do come together.

And from time-to-time they *do* come together.

Even without off-the-charts optimism, however, your comment strikes me as negative given this context: this is year two of our franchise QB and it is so early in the season and the division actually looks winnable. As I said in another thread, mediocrity is in the eye of the beholder and sometimes says more of the perceiver than that which is being perceived. It's just an opinion. You have yours, and I have mine.

Be positive. Heaven knows we're due.

MusicMan · September 24, 2015, 05:01:34 PM

True dat.

The_Choose_1 · September 27, 2015, 07:21:45 PM

New England 51 Jaguars 17 at this point we're 1 win 2 loses.

RattlerGator · September 28, 2015, 06:09:45 AM

A real beating and a genuine reality slap. Moving the ball near the end of the first half; in scoring territory, I believe, and Blake throws a regrettable interception that opened the floodgates. A 13-6 or 13-10 score would have been fantastic for the Jags but 20-3 was a killer.

Still, the Patriots are far superior and showed it. In the larger scheme, this was an irrelevant game.

Next week is definitely *not* irrelevant.

But that was a disappointing effort, there's no denying that fact.

BridgeTroll · September 28, 2015, 06:52:35 AM

It wasn't a "regrettable interception". It was a horrendous error in judgment. It shows Bortles lacks situational awareness... Do the Jaguars even have a defense? Owner, GM, Head Coach, coaches, players, ought to be embarrassed by this teams performance.

Just wow... Thank god for NFL Sunday Ticket as I was able to switch to competitive football game...

How 'bout those fins?

Dapperdan · September 28, 2015, 08:21:40 AM

I disagree that this was meaningless. This was a Alabama/ Georgia Southern type score that is not supposed to happen in the NFL. And yet it seems to happen with us year after year ( Seattle game, 49ers game). This was an embarrassment for the team, coach, and GM. We are three years into this project. We need to start looking under the hood to see if the "engine" being built for us is the right engine or not. Yes, its early, and yes we are somehow tied with all the other AFC South teams, but just because we are in a terrible division this year gives me no reason to be happy.

MusicMan · September 28, 2015, 08:24:24 AM

From my post above:

" Brady is the second most immobile QB in the NFL. You have to give him happy feet, hit him hard several times in order to beat that team. If he's standing in the pocket casually perusing the field waiting for someone to get loose we will get our asses beat."

I'd say I could not have been more correct. That being said, if we are at full strength and play a perfect game we could probably keep it close.
They are the best team in the NFL and Brady is the most effective QB in modern history.

I-10east · September 28, 2015, 08:27:24 AM

I don't even wanna talk about that horrendous game. I (like many) didn't expect for us to win that game, but I would've liked for us to at least kept it within two TDs; Bottomline, a lost is a lost. That being said and I'm probably in the minority, I'm still think that Carolina loss was more disappointing, because we should've won that game IMO.

thelakelander · September 28, 2015, 08:39:00 AM

Screw this NFL season!......

I-10east · September 28, 2015, 08:41:36 AM

From 1010XL caring about what some hack from the Boston Globe thinks leading up to the JAX/NE game; Saying something along the lines of "The Jags are coming and no one gives a damn". To some Jag fans still having the 'move-a-phobia' mindset that still exists to this day.

People on facebook and PFT etc STILL say things like "It's nice that no one is talking about the Jags leaving for LA". Some are still in fear of some damn limey in London's 'media' saying that the Jags are moving there. Why even give media hacks from out of town that clearly don't know what the hell they are talking about any credence at all?

This all plays into the thread I made below not long ago, talking about Jax's inferiority complex (below); Yes, unfortunately it translates to the city's NFL team as well.

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,25262.0.html

ProjectMaximus · September 28, 2015, 10:27:52 AM

According to Lageman on the radio broadcast, the refs blew the call of illegal formation on Marcedes' catch inside the ten yard line.

Not that this would have changed the outcome of the game but it might have at least been close through 3 quarters or so, lol.

RattlerGator · September 28, 2015, 05:59:04 PM

Quote from: I-10east on September 28, 2015, 08:41:36 AM
This all plays into the thread I made below not long ago, talking about Jax's inferiority complex (below); Yes, unfortunately it translates to the city's NFL team as well.

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,25262.0.html

Come on, now. You don't *really* believe the Jaguars are affected by some so-called inferiority complex, do you? The Jags are injured, and they have a 2nd year QB still susceptible to a crippling interception appearing at a most inopportune time.

In all honesty, it is *much* more likely that in the back of their minds they thought about this game the same way I did: ultimately irrelevant.

I do agree, I-10east, the Carolina loss is ultimately more important (we should have won that game but don't forget, the Panthers are now 3-0; this argues in favor of the Jags, too -- we've only lost to undefeated teams and we're probably the only team in the League with two games at this stage of the season against undefeated teams).

It isn't nearly as bleak as that New England loss makes things seem. But we have to see much, much better efforts in the next few weeks.

Non-RedNeck Westsider · September 28, 2015, 07:23:03 PM

A loss is a loss is a loss is a loss......

Did anyone truly expect us to win? Hell no. So how does 'staying in the game' matter? I'm sure everyone got a participation trophy.

That game is done. The outcome, no matter how lopsided, is exactly how 99.999999%* of everyone figured it was going to be. And I was figuring on another '07 season for the Pats anyhow. There's a reason I scooped up Brady in every league I could and he hasn't let me down yet.

* The 0.000001% that thought otherwise is Drew Bledsoe. He secretly hates Brady and bets against him always.

I-10east · September 28, 2015, 09:37:46 PM

Quote from: RattlerGator on September 28, 2015, 05:59:04 PM
Come on, now. You don't *really* believe the Jaguars are affected by some so-called inferiority complex, do you?

Some of the Jag fans and the some of local media, not the Jaguars football team. I should've clarified myself better, my bad

copperfiend · September 28, 2015, 10:04:16 PM

I might be wrong but I think this team actually has some decent talent. Yeldon, Robinson, Hurns, Linder, Telvin Smith, Aaron Colvin.

It just seems like Bradley is not a good head coach. Since he's been here, the team is regularly blown out. He's not good at in game situations like using timeouts and challenges. The team regularly looks unprepared and never makes in game adjustments.