“We had some up and downs this season. There are some game we won we expected to lose and games we lost we expected to win. We will be here for our first draft and free agency this season, so that will make a huge difference. One change we definitely have to make is to get younger, we had too many senior citizens on the roster when we took over.” said owner greyghost.
The immediate future of the offense for the Jaguars is simple, build off the seasons of RB Christopher Blankenship and rookie WR Walter Stroble. Blankenship set a career high with 2100 total yards (13 games) and put fans in the mind of Bills all-time great Thurman Thomas, he isn’t a huge back, but he plays that very large. He is still on the plus side of youth and will turn 27. He finished with 1168 yards rushing and just shy of the 1000-yard mark receiving with 908 yards, adding 8 td’s. Stroble who wasn’t thought much of initially earned the respect of the Jaguars as well as opposing defenses catching 72 ***** for 1,097 yards and 6 scores. Denton will remain the QB and is started showing the talent of his rookie season throwing for 3846 yards and 22 td’s, his accuracy is expected to get better. Youth is also one of the positives out of the RB and WR position as the additional players they have returning all have under 3 seasons experience. The Jags are expected to look at the offensive line heavy in the off-season as the front office apparently think this is an area, they can improve on their 10th ranked offense.
“If the defense isn’t in the top 10, they may has well be last.” said ghost. This is the place where the Jags could make many changes. They seemed at times to be great and other times to be going through the paces. The two bright spots were rookie DE William Johnson who 14 rushes and 3 sacks and MLB Wade Moser taking over the starting spot in the middle of the season totaled 51 tackles and 6 int’s starting 11 games. The defense overall didn’t meet the greyghost expectations so there will be changes going forward.
“There is no reason this team shouldn’t have been in playoff contention right down to the wire we will resolve that scenario for next season. The days of this team being 7-9 and 8-8 are going to be ending. Our off-season evaluation has begun and we are ready to move forward.” added ghost.
