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Jacksonville Jaguars Early Struggles
The 2007 season for the Jacksonville Jaguars was supposed to be the stepping stone for bigger and better things. The Jaguars went 11-5 in the AFC South and defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers at Pittsburgh (which is almost unheard of) in the Wild Card playoff game.
Since that stunning win the Jaguars have become just another team. A disappointing season followed in 08' with an embarrassing record of 5-11.
Then there's the acquisition of Torry Holt at wide receiver, adding tremendous strength to the team's passing game. Holt's proven himself to be one of the top in the league, but does he still have it considering he's on the wrong side of 30?
The team headed to Indy in week 1 of the NFL season. While the team usually plays some pretty good football against the Colts, beating the Colts on their own turf is a tall order, especially in week 1 while emotions are running high.
QB David Garrard was supposed to take that leap into one of the elite quarterbacks in the NFL, he is yet to take his game to the next level and has become and average QB. If this is Garrard's fault or the fact he has no play-makers other then MJD remains to be seen.
Week 2 was somewhat disappointing after the solid week 1 effort. The Cardinals, who had fallen to the 49ers in week 1, visited Jacksonville and ripped apart the Jaguars defense at the seams, winning by a 31-17 margin. Kurt Warner was 24 of 26 at quarterback, and such a high completion rate raises some serious questions about the defense in Jacksonville.
The Jaguars do have two pieces in place that have the potential to be good team once again, Garrard and MJD, it's that the rest of the team is mediocre.
The Jaguars must make things happen in the very near future so MJD's talents do not go to waste for a team that is going nowhere fast.
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