Better Know the Jacksonville Jaguars: Ask Big Cat Country

Seems everyone in the league already knew what we are starting to realize (although I will say Cassel played well on the weekend, just would like to see it when the other teams puts defensive backs in the game.)

You may be right that they (Young and Collins) threw all over the place but why change what works so well. We ran for 228 yds against the #5 (I think it was) rush D. They are now #12 if you go by yds per carry.

we are going to run more than pass. we are a run first team and so far from two supposed top 5 rushing defenses that we’ve faced we have racked over 200 yards on them.

And besides… The Titans threw for 171 and ran for 153. They didn’t throw all over. They ran the ball effectively and killed the Jags with sort to intermediate passes that moved the chains and ate up clock.

The Chiefs are a very similarly built team to the Titans. I hope it’s a better game on Sunday, but I think the Chiefs will win this. It’ll be good payback for last year :)

If KC can actually pass all over Jacksonville we SHOULDN’T be running as much. Yeah, yeah, I know we are a run first team, but if it’s not necessary then why not use the game to establish the passing game & get that going for later in the year….and at the same time save some wear on the RBs so they are fresh down the stretch.

Sorry but it won’t happen. People said the same thing when we faced the DEAD LAST ranked pass defense of Houston. What did we do? Came out and ran for over 200 yards on their 5th ranked run defense. Chiefs, as always, will come out running the ball and throw some passes like normal. Their game plan is simple, run first, pass second.

And sorry man… but I’m not buying that it was a garbage time TD that could be taken away. If the Jags defense had any respect for itself they shouldn’t have let Johnson get that TD when they KNEW that the Titans were running the ball to kill the clock. If nothing else it tells more about their rushing D… and it doesn’t look good. As of now the Jags are tied with the 49ers for rushing defense at 19th… and we ran for 200 yards on them. At Arrowhead.

If the Jags hold the Chiefs to under 180 yards rushing I’ll be surprised.

Chris Johnson has performed against us. 4 out of 5 times we’ve played Chris Johnson, he’s played pretty poorly against us.

who would you have picked? What do you think the Real Jags fans selection would of been?

It’s hard to take anything positively from a DL that does that. Maybe I’m off base… you guys would know your team better than I would, but I was watching and thinking… “damn… why did they let Henderson go again?”

It was winter, both teams sucked, economy is bad…all equate to a likely blackout. Other than that game, we always sell out.

kc has had one blackout in the past 20 years. and that was at the end of last year. Now the raiders and chargers are diff story

but the last time I checked KC had a blackout and Jacksonville not this season….

that’s where you are wrong we have not been blacked out at all this season. that’s the chargers. last time we were blacked out was last year vs. cleveland i believe

But I’m not sure if you realize how psychotic the Vikings fans are up here. They are nuts. I’d be surprised if something doesn’t happen to keep them here at the last minute.

1) The Raiders won’t move back to LA. How do I know this? Because Al Davis owns the team, and he never does anything right.
2) The Bills will not move to LA. They are a small market team in an old stadium, but they will move to Toronto (Where they have played games before) and become the NFL’s first Canadian team before they move to LA.
3) The Browns? C’mon man, you saw what happened when they were moved to Baltimore. Their fans flipped shit, and they got a new team. Won’t happen again.
4) Chargers… Maybe. They do market themselves in LA and are in the oldest stadium in the NFL. They also suffer from the same problem that Jacksonville does: They are a military town. Hard to build a loyal fan base when your fans are always getting shipped out and moved around
5) Bucs – Maybe, but I doubt it. They won a Superbowl within the last 10 years, and are currently “Rebuilding”.

As for your claim that the Jags attendance is up 44%, and have had zero blackouts: Does that include the 10,000 seats that they put a tarp over so the seats don’t apply to blackout numbers? Even then, the team management still cut ticket prices and even offered coupons to 17,000 season ticket holders who didn’t renew.

I’m not trying to be a dick here, but I think the writing is on the wall. The NFL isn’t going to leave the LA market untapped for very much longer. Jacksonville is the smallest NFL market, had all but 1 game blacked out last year.

Line still hasn’t moved from KC -4.5

Todd Bouman vs Brandon Flowers?

Come on, drop $500, easy money!

He’s your backup TE from UNO (University of Nebraska at Omaha). He is a physical specimen, I say you just have him do it. He can’t be any worse than Trent Edwards, can he?

3rd string QB coming to play at Arrowhead… I smell 3 INTs and about 5 sacks.

HAPPY NOW??!!!!

In Years past our OL was terrible, ths unit is just now starting to come together. Hopefully with some more playing time they will become one of the best in the NFL again, like in 2003.

Del Rio has been their forever, they need a change. Though you are right about expecting a big hire like Cowher, maybe you’ll find a rising coordinato like Haley.

Jk bud… I mess up constantly in these responses.

unless you’re getting paid serious beer-glove money like Mr. Thurman and his brother Kris.

and 1022 the next year on a 2-14 team. He had a tough season last year and has had a problem with drops (though it was much worse last year), but the guy has the skills to be a topflight receiver and has numbers to prove it. He certainly ranks well ahead of any of the current Jag receivers. I would think he would be a big add to the Jags.

I agree about MJD and Lewis. I’m not as sure about Kampman because he struggled in the 3-4 at Green Bay. He’s a good player and I’d say absolutely if we ran a 4-3, but I think he’s purely a 4-3 DE, not a 3-4 OLB. I’m not certain about Mathis – he MIGHT beat out Carr, but I’m not sure. As I state above, I don’t think there’s any evidence that either of your receivers could replace Bowe. They might have a shot at Chambers, but he had 600 yards last year for a bad KC team in 9 games while Sims-Walker put up just 869 for the season and Thomas didn’t even have 500. Maybe they would put Chambers on the bench because of his age, but not Bowe.

It’s difficult to say how guys would transition from a 4-3 to a 3-4, but your DTs are guys I wouldn’t mind having and see where they fit. I would think at least one of them would take the NT position.

Charles averages more yards per game on almost half as many carries. No contest there.
Jones is averaging more yards per carry, and only 10 less yards per game than MJD. And he’s taking less carries than MJD too. Give Jones the same number of carries as MJD and Jones would have him beat in yards.

Your running backs are not as good as ours.

He showed such promise the 1st year or 2. What happened? He’s now average at best. Rashean would rarely see the field on KC’s secondary.

I heard one of your local radio guys on the Red Zone (a KC Chiefs podcast) that you have some weakness in the middle of your O line. The Chiefs run a zone blocking scheme, and that’s really the only system I think Wiegmann can be successful in. I’m not sure how well he’d do in a man blocking system, he’s 37 years old. The guy’s excellent at picking up stunts and is very good at making reach blocks, but he’s undersized and can have a rough day against a big NT. If you play zone blocking, he could be a good fit, but somehow I picture the Jags as a man blocking team.

Waters, who has been a multiple year pro-bowler and was part of that incredible line of the early 2000’s doesn’t seem to dominate like he once did. A couple of years ago I’d say he’d start over almost any guard in any scheme, he could do it all. But I don’t know much about your LG, so I didn’t list him. There was some talk in the offseason about moving Waters to Center, so maybe he would move in and start.

Albert is a solid LT for us, but It seems unlikely that Albert would beat out Monroe and maybe not even Britton, so I left him out, though maybe he could take a guard spot (his position in college).

I selected Lilja because he’s played well for us and for Indy. They guy started in two SBs and has a ring. And he’s only 29. I know your RG is a rookie, and I’m guessing Lilja would put him on the bench to learn, which would probably do him some good.

They have THE best punter in the league in Lechler. They have a lot of solid players, but a lot of their better ones are overpaid (like Asomugha). The problem with the Raiders isn’t a lack of talent. I think my statement holds true.

You guys were arguing that MJD is better.

No, he’s not. You guys came in here and said MJD was better than Jones or Charles. You are now witnesses to how kick ass the Chiefs backfield is… this argument can be put to rest.