Better Know The Jacksonville Jaguars: Ask Big Cat Country

1: The 1st Gene Smith draft iis by far he best we have since a long time. All were part of the 53 man roster (5th round pick Jarett Dillard broke his ankle on week 10 against the Jets); they all are showed some flashes (except maybe 7th round pick WR Tiquan Underwood)
3rd pick DT Knighton; 3rd pick CB Derek Cox are all starters; 4th pick Mike Thomas is a very good multiple fuction weapon for us; Dillard was solid specially on 3rd downs; he made big plays; we called hiom Baby Holt; or Bolt…6th round pick Zach Miller is improving his is also a multiple fuctional weapon. Rashad Jennings shows more and more that he can be the backup of MJD

Biritton and Monroe: Eben is playing better; he is more solid in more of the time; of course he is not on the elite level; bu t he is still playing well. Monroe is improving.; but sometimes he struggling; although he switched off Mario Williams totally on week 3 !

We played 3-4 during the first 7 games; mostly because veterena DE Reggie Hayward (who was sadly our best pass rusher of the team); to feature rookie DT Terrance Knighton on NT role. To be honest with you it didn’t worked. Jaguars don’t have the personel to run a 3-4. So against the Chiefs the Jags switched back to 4-3 (sometimes they do 3-4 still); and they are stuck with it this yer.
I hope they stay at the 3-4. We don’t have 3-4 LBs; although the LB corp is the best part of the defense. So I’M glad off the switch back

3. Because the Jaguars lost their best passrusher(Reggie Hayward) and the rest of the DEs are cannot finish the play. Derrick Harvey is now more of a runblocker; then a passrusher. He is a major disapointment. He was drafted (traded away 4 or 5 extra picks to get him) to have double digit numbers; yet he doesn’t have a sack this year. In week 5; he didn’t do anything with a 4th string LT who was activated from the PS a game before in Seattle.

4. David. He is OK. He will not be an elite QB; and sometimes inconsistent. But he is lead the Jags in the last 2 games come from behingd game winning drive; showing lately Clutch QB signs! If he has a good day; then it is very hard to top him specialy now when he has qulaity receivers(Holt; MSW; Mike Thomas; and surprisingly this year MArcedes Lewis-former 1st round pick). Tebow: Well he need here only to boost the ticket sales; nothing more. He is not fitting the system; and I hope someone (Raiders; Redskins or someone else) will draft him
before the Jags pick in the 1st round. We need a QB for develop to the future; but now we have much bigger mostly defensive needs.

+1 MJD? Well Watch out for him; he will having a special motivation on Sunday… Let’s say that for now…

scored me 44 points yesterday on my fantasy team, and the Lions only beat the Browns by 1 point.

I like him; I think he is very good with young players. He has is issues(rlooking a bit inconsisitent and sometimes moody-like his team); but he is much like Garrard. Not an elite HC; but he can put his team to great things (at the ’07 playoffs; when the Jaguars would played a bit better against the 18-0 Pats on that playoff game; the Jags would played on Superbowl XLII..).

1. If he has a good game; he is unstoppable; and he will have SPECIAL MOTIVATION ON THIS SUNDAY…Although Paul Posluszny; the Bills MLB stopped him almost alone. And I know Patrcik Willis can do the same if he playing well on Sunday… It will be a very big matchup MJD vs Willis on Sunday!

2. No. The reason is the David Garrard turned 3 games this year from come from beind situations. This offense is ready to go. Have great character; good leaders (David; MJD; Torry Holt; Mike Sims-Walker). Yesterday the Jags played really bad; and even on hat game they wre capable to do a late come from behind drive which ended up with the game winning TD (and a 2pt attempt made by Garrard).

3: The Jags Run Defense is good. Other then Chris Johnson on week 8 who torched us 227 rushing yard; they dlimit every RB under 100 yards (even CJ on week 4) 2 weeks ago the limit Thomas Jones in New York under 70 yards. Yesterday they limit Fred Jackson and Marshawn Lnych combined under 60…I respect Frank Gore; but I think the front seven can handle him.
I have more fears about the receivers…

4. Good question. Our best DB; 3 time probowler Rashean Mathis might not playing on Sunday. I think Derek Cox a rookie CB might cover him. He is started every game this year; is solid; not great; but solid. Has 2 picks. The secondary is a bit ravaged; and the achilles heal of the Jags right now. But guys like San Considine; Gerald Alexander; and recent sign FA Anthony Smith (who caught the game ending INT yesterday) can make it. I think there will be no or limited passrush on Alex Smith; so he have the time to choose his picks (hey Bills backup QB Ryan Fitzpatrick has gone almost 300 yards yesterday; including a 98 yard bomb to Terrell Owens..) So I think the game will depend how Smith will play on sunday…

5. I hope Sean Considine will cover him. He had 2 veeery good gameslately. In New York he played his best game on his career against the Jets; yesterday he had a pick. I think the duel between him and Vernon Davis will be another key matchup (like the Willis VS MJD) of this game. As I said I fear about the 49ers receivers; I respect Vernon Davis and I saw on TNF against the Bears how good Crabtree can be. It will depend on the pressure on Alex Smith; and the way he will play on sunday; how this game will turn out

I watched his press conference today. He is very impressive; although I think he is not an elite HC just yet. Can’t wait too see what kind of gameplay he will make for sunday (against another ex LB-now HC Jack Del Rio)

I’ll definitely do one. I’ll get it posted in the next hour or two.

The YAC guy might be rookie WR Mike Thomas; watch for this guy.

And TE Marcedes Lewis; who has the biggest (15.2) yardage per game. He is very good

And did I mention that a player called Torry Holt is one of the starting WR of us?….

All he needs is a good enough thrown ball

However his presence with this young WR corp has been immeasurable. All of the young WRs have cited Holt’s arrival as a key part of the off season.

You can still see why he will be in the Hall of Fame when he plays. His route running is top-notch and the way he plays the game… he is very… I don’t know… professional when he plays, I suppose. He expects himself to make every pass that comes his way. Sadly, you don’t see him playing the sidelines as much anymore, likely due to losing some of his speed. Despite that, he is still a danger over the middle. He will usually have 2-3 big catches a game. Big as in an important first down.

The bus pass is good for Muni, maybe the cable cars, but not BART.

To get these passes here’s some info. Walgreen’s tend to have them. Also, the Powell Street BART/MUNI station has a transit center to purchase stuff and I’d imagine they sell bus passes:

http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mfares/passes.htm