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Time before giving up a sack

Ewdtrey — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:05:20 -0000

Time before giving up a sack

Just nice to see some blocking stats. It looks like Garrard isn't really getting great blocking at times with most of the teams median times being less than 3 sec. Keep in mind these are sacks that don't include overload blitzes.

Paul Spicer "...Helmets Off"

Ewdtrey — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:42:16 -0000

Paul Spicer "...Helmets Off"

Former Jaguar DE Paul Spicer is on the 30 min show called "NFL Players Helmets Off", right now on channel MSG+ (635 on DirecTV)

No one notice?

Ewdtrey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:17:48 -0000

I guess no one noticed another roster move. Maybe no one posted it, or maybe I missed it....

Anyhow Yesterday the Jaguars made a couple roster moves. Unfortunately I don't think they are good: http://jaguars.com/news/article.aspx?id=8471

Bryan Smith was put on IR. In his place Jeremy Navarre was signed off the practice squad. Believe me when I say this, he is not going to improve our pass rush. He's one of those steady guys that plays smart and makes tackles by being in the right place. He's not however a fast guy, or even a quick guy. He's not even that strong. I'm trying to think of someone I can compare him to, but most of them are no name guys that don't last in the league a long time. The best comparison I can probably give is a run stuffing version of Mkristo Bruce.

Boy are we hurting for DE's. I guess this means more reps for Harvey, Julius, and Groves. It also probably means a little more 3-4 than we've been playing the last couple of games.

Note, G Cameron Stephonson was cut from the practice squad.

And Moves made today: http://jaguars.com/news/article.aspx?id=8479

They cut Adam Seward from the roster. Someone I was upset to keep over Tim Shaw, who made a devastating special teams tackle with the Bears on Sunday night.

In addition, they made a couple of re-signs, in LB Lamar Myles and DE James Wyche to their practice squad. I'm thinking Wyche may end up switching with Navarre on the 53 man roster in the near future. Where is Jeremy Mincey??? He must be healthy by now. And he's easily better than these guys.

Additional moves from a couple days ago: http://jaguars.com/news/article.aspx?id=8457

What I didn't know

Ewdtrey — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:19:25 -0000

I thought the Jaguars "waived" Jeremy Mincey because they thought that James Wyche outperformed him, something I totally disagreed with. Turns out he wasn't cut due to poor performance as I was lead to believe by many reports. It was because he was injured. So in essence we are now playing a 3-4 because we lost 2 DE's not just Hayward, if I might add, was a huge huge loss.

I hope Bryan Smith and Greg Peterson can bring something to the pass rush because otherwise we are gonna be in for a long season. I actually like our front 3, we just need some kind of rushing OLB that can get to the QB. 2 would be better. Seriously if we can't get to the qb with 5 and sometimes 6 rushers we can't blame the coaches or the secondary for not being able to stop the pass.

I know this is kind of an old subject now, but that trade idea for Aaron Kampman is starting to look like a better idea after our last performance.

Random thoughts

Ewdtrey — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:58:52 -0000

I think we just got another glimpse of the Emperor's powers. Apparently he can see the future. Gene Smith must have known that Fred Taylor was going to get hurt.

BTW, that was intended as a joke, and I hope Freddy T comes back sometime this season.(Even if it's just to play against us.)

As for a rookie/veteran controversy at the tackle position, I think we ought to keep in mind a couple of things:

One, the Tra Thomas we saw in the game was not the Tra Thomas we saw in the preseason. Tra was workmen-like during the preseason, but he didn't offer the upside that Eugene does. Tra held his blocks for about 3.7 seconds, but after that it's everyman for himself during the preseason. There was no mauling. There was no pancakes or knockdowns.

Second, we should keep in mind who the competition was. Monroe faced one of the roughest stretches any LT will usually ever face. Mario Williams? Calais Campbell? And probably worst of all, Dwight Freeney. And by the time Monroe faced Mario, he got pretty darn good. On the other hand, as I stated before the game, Kyle Vanden Bosch wasn't playing like himself.

Third, for all those that thought Tra should have been starting all along; Tra was hurt. In fact he was on the injury report this week, and he didn't even finish the Titans game. I believe Jordan Black did.

As for Britton, I think it's even more black and white there. He actually performed well against Robert Mathis, not giving up a sack to a guy that's produced 4.5 sacks and 3 forced fumbles in the 3 games since.

Britton reason number two: Like Tra, Mo was playing an over the hill player in Javon Kearse. So it was easier to protect Garrard.

Third, playing Mo at RT meant not playing our best 5. The reason I say that is, Mo moving to RT meant we were weaker at the RG position. Now don't get me wrong, I really like Uche and I believe he has upside especially in the run game. But while he's still young and learning he's a little too mistake prone.

While I'm on the subject of the offensive line I have to give some props to Vince Manuwai. He was highly regarded by Vic as a great run blocker, but I was a little hard on him. And I still don't think he's that great a run blocker, and probably still not as powerful as Uche; but he has shown a new strength in pass blocking this year after his weight loss. You can really see his OT background.

I would like to give a new update about Meester, but he's just business as usual; which I guess is a good thing. If he's still around next year, he could be one of the best centers in the league left, and probably one of the most heady. Mawae is way over the hill now, and Saturday may not be back next year. Birk is playing lights out still and probably should be a probowler, although Mangold could be another good option.

Just thinking about this team's roster...Boy its going to be hard to have another draft as impactful as this years. And anyone we have to cut to add the new players is going to make me sad. We don't have a Jerry Porter that's easy to hate. On the other hand, we don't have a lot of Jerry Porters that will hurt us to cut do to the dead money they will leave us.

As for this week's breakout players: I think anyone that's good at breaking out of tackles will have a big day. The Seahawks are not exactly great tacklers.

David Garrard has more TD's, fewer INTS, and more yards per attempt than Tom Brady.

Last thought, the world is going to end. Brian Baldinger actually picked the Jaguars to win this week on NFL Playbook!!! Speaking of Playbook, everyone gave props to Dirk Koetter's play calling.

I'd like to use this post as a chance to let other people bring up random thoughts regarding the Jaguars.

Pass Interference

Ewdtrey — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:03:16 -0000

Pass Interference

In case anyone thought the offensive pass interference call in the Jaguars favor in the Texans game was just luck or a bad call.
(Go to time stamp 2:25)

I wasn't sure myself, from the first look given on TV; but looking at again I feel better about the win.

Who thinks we should....?

Ewdtrey — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:09:29 -0000

...try to trade for someone like Aaron Kampman? He hasn't gotten any sacks for his team yet, with that new defense. He also hasn't defended any passes. However for our team, he could change our whole defense, kind of like a Richard Seymour in Oakland. And because Kampman isn't performing well right now, we can get him cheaply, possibly, and we can get a whole upgraded defense. Not to mention we are about one injury from a total melt down on the DL and ipso facto, the rest of the defense and team.

I know he's older, but he's only 29 and his most recent off season experience with GB's 3-4 will help him to seamlessly integrate into our defense.

A Couple New Players

Ewdtrey — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:45:04 -0000

Via Adam Shefter: The Jaguars will sign 2 new players in Brian Russell a Safety formally of Seattle, and Kynan Forney a Guard formally of the San Diego.

I'm kind of surprised by the signings. Neither of them are going to the practice squad guys, as both are veterans at the age of 30 and 31.

Both of these guys look like veteran back ups to me that are much more smart players rather than talented players. But to be honest I've never really paid attention to either player to know much about them. However they were both good enough to be perennial starters for many years, and it appears both were fairly productive. And neither is so old that they will be considered over the hill per say, but I imagine no one will get super excited by the signings. I just wonder which player(As in one player) will be cut, being that we are already at 52 players.

Jeanna

Ewdtrey — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:55:17 -0000

Jeanna

I just thought if the rest of her predictions were right, kind of like the rest of her predictions about the roster, we could be in for an awesome. Keep a special ear out for what she starts saying at 2:40.

Young Receivers

Ewdtrey — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:37:19 -0000

Young Receivers

I just can't believe through this whole article the Jaguars were not mentioned once. What the heck??? Seriously, not one of our receivers have had more than 16 receptions for us. I'd say that's kind of saying that someone has to do it or no one will. I mean he couldn't even have gone wrong picking just anyone that made the team. O well. Have fun reading the article.