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[Donny Loved Bowling]

The Jags have looked rather putrid thus far, and none of their players have produced much fantasy-wise. Their O-Line injury issues are well documented, as they scramble to find patchwork replacement players to solidify the interior line. Are Taylor and MJD talented enough to overcome this hurdle? They've got a favorable RB schedule, will they be able to take advantage of it?Furthermore, how will Del Rio adjust his gameplan to avoid spiraling further downward? The vaunted effort to improve the passing attack seems to have been a miserable failure thus far, although Porter has yet to take the field. Garrard's much-touted sleeper status this year is very much in doubt. Matt Jones has been the lone bright spot, and who actually expects that to continue?

Are JAX players a Buy Low or Sell Low at this point?

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

The running game should get on track by the second half if you can afford to patient. As for the passing game, there still probably won't be any good options at WR from Jax this year.

 

[Resident A]

With no O-line, they will struggle all year. I think they'll get going a little & end up 8-8 or so, but no playoff run this year.

 

[Tanner9919]

The Jags have looked rather putrid thus far, and none of their players have produced much fantasy-wise. Their O-Line injury issues are well documented, as they scramble to find patchwork replacement players to solidify the interior line. Are Taylor and MJD talented enough to overcome this hurdle? They've got a favorable RB schedule, will they be able to take advantage of it?Furthermore, how will Del Rio adjust his gameplan to avoid spiraling further downward? The vaunted effort to improve the passing attack seems to have been a miserable failure thus far, although Porter has yet to take the field. Garrard's much-touted sleeper status this year is very much in doubt. Matt Jones has been the lone bright spot, and who actually expects that to continue? Are JAX players a Buy Low or Sell Low at this point?

I doubt they turn it around completely..they're going to be an avg team, 8-8, 7-9..they look terrible so far..

 

[Kiddnets]

good year to have Scobee - will have trouble scoring TDs but that defense should give them lots of FGs

 

[Katism]

The Colts are 28th in the league so far against the run and with their best defensive player out for a few weeks in Bob Sanders, the Jaguars could get back on track this week. Now Jerry Porter is rusty but he is our WR1 and he's coming back this week so hopefully he can keep the Colt's defense honest.

From Vic Ketchman over at www.jaguars.com



The last time they played the Colts, the Jaguars were in a rush of offense that would produce a 100-yard rusher in five consecutive games. Then, suddenly, it stopped, and it has yet to return.

What has happened to the Jaguars’ running game? What has caused what was the league’s second-ranked rush-offense to fall on such hard times that it has slumped to 28th in the league through two weeks of this season?

“Ask Pittsburgh. I guess they gave them the blueprint on how to stop the run,” Fred Taylor said on Thursday.

It was in Pittsburgh, on a cold night in January that would produce the Jaguars’ first playoff win in eight years, that the Jaguars’ running game would go dormant. The Steelers held Taylor and running mate Maurice Jones-Drew to a combined 77 yards rushing that night.

A week later, the Patriots held Taylor and Jones-Drew to 66 yards rushing, and the trend has continued into this season. In Tennessee on opening day, Taylor and Jones-Drew combined for a mere 31 yards and this past Sunday, against the Bills, the duo produced just 76 yards rushing. Worse yet, it marked the first time in four years the Jaguars were held to fewer than 100 yards rushing in consecutive games.

What is it going to take to change this trend?

“Make big plays; crease ’em,” Taylor said. “The beauty of putting five guys up front is that it only takes one guy to be undisciplined. We haven’t made any big plays yet. That’ll back ’em up.”

Loading the box against the Jaguars has gotten to the point that opponents are using five down linemen, as the Bills did on Sunday when they had middle linebacker Paul Posluszny step forward before the ball was snapped and assume a down lineman’s position.

The Jaguars are facing a game this Sunday in Indianapolis that is begging for a return of the running game. To that end, Jones-Drew went public to “beg” for more carries this week, a request with which coach Jack Del Rio agrees.

Will this be the Jaguars running game’s break-out game? The Colts have the league’s 28th-ranked rush-defense and they will be without their best player, hard-hitting safety Bob Sanders.

“I expect this to be a game we go out and play our butts off and try to go out and get a win. We need a win,” Taylor said when asked if this will be a run-the-ball game.

The Colts will load up against the run. That’s their style. Meanwhile, their pass-defenders play deep and attempt to keep everything in front of them.

“They fly around. They play zone and want you to check it down and then come up and disrupt,” Taylor said.

The onus would seem to fall on quarterback David Garrard and his receivers to complete some passes and back the Colts away from the line of scrimmage.

“We definitely have to get some yards after the catch, and that’s up to me to put the ball in better places for them. We have the receivers to do that,” Garrard said.

When the Jaguars’ opponents agree with Garrard on that point, it’s likely the Jaguars’ rushing yards will begin to increase.

 

[FantasyTrader]

With no O-line, they will struggle all year. I think they'll get going a little & end up 8-8 or so, but no playoff run this year.

This feels right. Some degree better than they have been and worse than they would have been (with a healthy O-line).

 

[packersfan]

I think Garrard is a decent QB. But I think it speaks to his lack of dynamic ability that the Bills could load up to stop the run with five linemen and Garrard couldn't make them pay. He's just as much of the problem as the issues with the line. Garrard seems to be the type of QB who needs a perfect world in order to play well. He doesn't appear capable of elevating the play of his teammates when times are tough. At least, he hasn't shown that ability so far this season.