On to the JAGS

[Ralonzo]

6 hours ago, FrenchConnection said:

Trevor Lawrance doesn't strike me as a guy who enjoys a fine pint of cask ale. He seems like the type of guy who drinks Coors Light and crushes the can on his forehead.

 

[CEN-CAL17]

They always give us a fit!!!! But every team knows beating the bills will prove their worthiness and the Jags went from worthy to crap and probably really want to prove to themselves and every other team they can play….

[Process]

Von confirmed out this week. 

 

 

[NewEra]

16 minutes ago, Process said:

Von confirmed out this week. 

 

 

Huh?  Confirmed out?

[Warcodered]

15 minutes ago, Process said:

Von confirmed out this week. 

 

 

I mean he was pretty honest about it, he only gets the one padded practice before the game because of the shortened week, so it's going to be tough. But if he's already going to be back in pads it's not completely out there for him to be able to be back.

[Process]

7 minutes ago, NewEra said:

Huh?  Confirmed out?

Just a joke (if von says it, it's not happening)

 

On a serious note though. Very hard to imagine him playing with just one practice. 

[NewEra]

3 minutes ago, Process said:

Just a joke (if von says it, it's not happening)

 

On a serious note though. Very hard to imagine him playing with just one practice. 

Yeah I agree. I don’t think he’ll play. 

[Coffeesforclosers]

7 hours ago, WideNine said:

 

I hope they have been chilling in British pubs all week.

 

 

 

Me too. If they tried to keep pace with the locals, well, a pint every 45 minutes for twelve hours should soften them up nicely.

[poo]

I'm a be in Ithaca Sunday morning at an Airbnb. I doubt we'll have NFL Network to watch at the house. Anyone recommend a bills bar/restaurant we could attend in the Ithaca area? Kid friendly would be a huge plus. Thanks family!

[DrDawkinstein]

3 hours ago, Bob Jones said:

I guess that players with school age kids and wives/significant others have to leave them behind, but I’m pretty sure that players with wives and girlfriends (with no kids) pay for their travel to London so they don’t have to endure a 2-week separation. I would be shocked if the Jags organization told their players (and staff) that they couldn’t see their partners for the two weeks that they’re over there. They certainly couldn’t restrict any private citizen (wives/SOs) from traveling to London, and I don’t think that they could lock players up/restrict their movements during their free time during their 2 weeks over there.

 

And I’m sure that the beds they’re sleeping in are quite comfortable, and of course the food is likely top notch, as is probably everything else. Some of y’all in here are acting like the Jags are locked up in a Gulag, in solitary confinement, sleeping on wooden beds. LOL Teams who play in the Super Bowl do the same thing for about 8-10 days, don’t they?

 

Some players might have SOs fly out, but I dont think they stay with the team in the team hotel. They might get some time, but time is usually pretty limited as it is at home. Not sure it's even worth it.

 

Certainly no Gulag. But it isnt the same and isnt as good. And all that gets real old, real fast.

 

With the Super Bowl, the entire first week is pretty much a vacation, outside of media days.

 

Point is, by the time we get to the Jags, plenty of them will be over it.

 

3 hours ago, Bob Jones said:

LOTS of people cannot get regular sleep, or any sleep, on an airplane. I’m one of those people. Of course, an airplane seat is nowhere near as comfortable as a bed.

 

To your point that they travel in style, the international flights they'll charter are stacked with those sleeper bed seats. And for those that can't sleep, I'm sure the staff doctor can help out. 😎

[Sierra Foothills]

2 hours ago, boyst said:

Flightaware and flightradar24 are the two I usually use and can find the flights. Occasionally military flights show up. But about anything with a transponder shows up. 

 

Now I'm thinking you're also a Ham or shortwave radio operator. 

[boyst]

4 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

Now I'm thinking you're also a Ham or shortwave radio operator. 

I sometimes get bored and listen to be Blip, and numbers stations online. 

[Beck Water]

12 hours ago, Bob Jones said:

 

Just spitballing it...I would have thought they'd go over Sunday night or first thing Monday morning. More time to adjust for tme difference. Maybe they had no place to set up shop and practice Tues-Sat?

 

I think you need to balance adjustment to time difference, with maintaining the normal post-game recovery and "get right" routine.  It's probably not the greatest idea to fill up a plane with a bunch of bruised and dinged players and let them stiffen.  Better to do the normal recovery routine at home.

[hondo in seattle]

2 hours ago, NewEra said:

We didn’t spend 120M

 

Whatever it turns out to be, with $50 million guaranteed, the opportunity cost was substantial.  We could have signed a Pro Bowl offensive lineman, for example.  

[BigAl2526]

13 hours ago, Bob Jones said:

 

Just spitballing it...I would have thought they'd go over Sunday night or first thing Monday morning. More time to adjust for tme difference. Maybe they had no place to set up shop and practice Tues-Sat?

They could have started adjusting their times to wake up or go to bed on Monday.  They don't need to be in England to do that.

[Mango]

13 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

In recent years, most teams have traveled Thursday, taking the ‘just deal with it’ attitude’ -like playing Thursday night..

For sports that travel internationally regularly that’s what the data has suggested. At least two weeks or just keep the momentum rolling. 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

Still have to keep hammering here. Won’t be an easy game for lots of reasons. Can’t have a letdown after Miami and going to have our hands full with Ridley and no Tre White. Find a way to get it done, keep the run balance going and get another W.

[EmotionallyUnstable]

Quick glimpse into the Jags at the quarter turn compared to the rest of the NFL. Opponents listed below, to add your own grain of salt:

 

Games: Colts (W), Chiefs (L), Texans (L), Falcons (W)

 

Offense:

PPG (20th)

Pass/Run Ratio (58/42) 18th

Completion % (12th)

Passing yards (11th)

Yards/Completion (21st)

Yards/Carry (26th)
 

 

Defense: 

Scoring (12th)

Yards (17th)

Sack % ( 22nd)

Op. y/completion (24th)

Op. y/rush (12th)

 

Thoughts: I admittedly haven’t watched much of the Jags this year, aside from highlights and reading stats. From what I know about their roster and these statistics, along with the narratives that have been spoken about this team up until this point in the season, we are hands down the better team. 
 

Last Sunday saw both units operating at maximum efficiency. That won’t always be the reality. Although you may need games like that in January, I don’t feel like this is one of them. 
 

I think McD is smart enough to recognize that this game can be handled with fundamental football, lining up and playing soundly. We don’t need anything splash or special on either side of the ball. Just do you job, and I feel this will be a comfortable win.

Edited October 4, 2023 by EmotionallyUnstable

[Richard Noggin]

2 hours ago, Ralonzo said:

 

 

My 9th grade self just got the 6-pack spins from merely viewing this image. Can taste it. 

[Doc Brown]

48 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

I think you need to balance adjustment to time difference, with maintaining the normal post-game recovery and "get right" routine.  It's probably not the greatest idea to fill up a plane with a bunch of bruised and dinged players and let them stiffen.  Better to do the normal recovery routine at home.

I think they should send Diggs there early so Josh and him can work on some deeper routes.