Jaguars make it clear: Gabbert remains “franchise quarterback”

[Big Bid'Ness]

Fromrofootballtalk

There is a pattern when you look at the Jaguars head coaching candidates. They are young offensive minds.

One of the job requirements for the Jacksonville job seems to be working with quarterback Blaine Gabbert.

“I think a key question you have to ask any potential coach, what are you going to do to develop him?” Jaguars owner Shahid Khan said Wednesday via Tania Ganguli of the Florida Times-Union. “How do you make him the best he can be? Really, I’ve been asking them point blank, ‘Can you work with him?’ And so far everybody says he’s great.”

What else can they say? Despite Gabbert’s woeful rookie season, it’s clear the Jaguars still want to build the team around him. We’d have a hard time believing a head coaching candidate would get the job if he said Gabbert didn’t have a future.

“I think he [Gabbert] is going to be a great quarterback. I think he is our franchise quarterback,” Khan said. “I think he needs development. We want to develop him. We want to give him tools. A dedicated coach. And I think he’s going to be great.”

Doubling down on Gabbert is the easy move because he was a top ten pick. G.M. Gene Smith drafted him. But we think the Jaguars could be throwing good money after bad with Gabbert, not to mention time and energy.

Pocket presence is a tough skill to teach, and plenty of NFL analysts think Gabbert’s struggles in this area could be a fatal flaw.

 

[RipCity32]

Well I mean, when you trade up in the first round to get him he better be lol.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

From what I hear, they are extremely interested in Jay Gruden as Head Coach. Maybe he could help developing Gabbert and I'm sure Gruden would love to have Blackmon if they try to get some weapons for Gabbert, which I would think would be a top priority.

 

[kam.]

Even though im not a big fan of Gruden.

Jags would win the offseason awards if they walked away with

Gruden
Blackmon
Vincent or DeSean Jackson in FA.

 

[Elite]

Even though im not a big fan of Gruden.

Jags would win the offseason awards if they walked away with

Gruden
Blackmon
Vincent or DeSean Jackson in FA.

Saw how well that went for the Eagles.

 

[kam.]

Saw how well that went for the Eagles.

Problem with the Eagles was that Vince Young went down, and their defense was horrible.

Jags don't have a horrible defense.. and well, we need WRs to put around Gabbert.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Even though im not a big fan of Gruden.

Jags would win the offseason awards if they walked away with

Gruden
Blackmon
Vincent or DeSean Jackson in FA.

I'm not sure what they see in Gruden to be the Head Coach, he's never had any head coaching experience in the NFL. It's kind of risky to give an unproven guy like that the position in my opinion but maybe it will work out. Obviously Jay is originally from the Florida area so I'm sure he'd be up for it. Just means we'll be starting over on offense again if we lose him, not sure I like that.

 

[Elite]

No matter how everyone thinks it's going to work, the team that wins the off-season always fails in every sport.

 

[kam.]

No matter how everyone thinks it's going to work, the team that wins the off-season always fails in every sport.

When the Celtics got KG & Ray Allen to create the Big 3.. Didn't they win the championship? Doesn't happen in every sport.

 

[kam.]

I'm not sure what they see in Gruden to be the Head Coach, he's never had any head coaching experience in the NFL. It's kind of risky to give an unproven guy like that the position in my opinion but maybe it will work out. Obviously Jay is originally from the Florida area so I'm sure he'd be up for it. Just means we'll be starting over on offense again if we lose him, not sure I like that.

They just obviously like the offense he brought to Cincy and like his personality.

I like Chud better.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

They just obviously like the offense he brought to Cincy and like his personality.

I like Chud better.

Well, we are a 20th ranked offense...

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Jay Gruden? lol

 

[kam.]

Jay Gruden? lol

I know right.

 

[ZigZag]

No matter how everyone thinks it's going to work, the team that wins the off-season always fails in every sport.

Aren't you a heat fan?

 

[Elite]

Aren't you a heat fan?

There are obvious exceptions

It's a lot easier to win the off-season in basketball and see it translate to wins because there are so few players on a roster so the better players have a much bigger impact than they do in football.

And Miami failed last season. Didn't win the NBA Championship so the season was a failure.

 

[NCSportsfan21]

They need to give Gabbert another year with some help around him and see how he does. If they fail again, well they have the pick of the litter of Bray (an excellent QB prospect), Barkley, Landry Jones, Tyler Wilson, etc. Next years QB class will be the best in a very loooong time.

I believe in Blaine. I think he has everything physically and mentally he needs to succeed. Now he needs good head coaching with confidence in him, weapons, and experience.

 

[kam.]

Next years QB class will be the best in a very loooong time.

Every year somebody says this about the next year.

I remember last year was the "This class sucks, next years will be amazing with Luck, Barkley, Jones, Foles".

Welp.

Luck is good, Barkley backed out, Jones backed out, and Foles sucked this year.

See how much shit changes in a year? Never wait for anything.. if you feel like you have the guy, keep em or get him. Don't wait for the next year because it appears better from a year away.

 

[NCSportsfan21]

Well Barkley was a big part of this years class being so good. The other was Luck.

Next year you potentially have Bray and Tyler Wilson. And will definitely have Jones and Barkley. Those 4 are all Pro Bowl caliber QBs.

 

[kam.]

Well Barkley was a big part of this years class being so good. The other was Luck.

Next year you potentially have Bray and Tyler Wilson. And will definitely have Jones and Barkley. Those 4 are all Pro Bowl caliber QBs.

lol.. not pro bowl caliber

 

[NCSportsfan21]

Pro Bowl potential*

But you knew what I meant. Obviously a college kid isn't a Pro Bowl QB. No need to be a dick about it.