Comments on: Jaguars give Laurent Robinson five-year, $32.5 million contract

By: defscottyb

defscottyb — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:17:22 +0000

One decent year in Dallas and the stupid/desperate Jags shell out all that money? Robinson is laughing all the way to the bank.

By: afunny0

afunny0 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:44:50 +0000

This is a great signing

By: jagsfan2730

jagsfan2730 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:16:47 +0000

for all u hatred out there, who else were they supposed to sign, at least he started games last year, and with the money that was getting thrown around out there the market had been set. Give gabbert a chance to fail, put some weapons around him, give him more than 2 seconds to look down the field and I think the kid can be good. when u are throwing to jarrett dollars and chastin west your numbers are not going to look good.

By: jefftberg

jefftberg — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:37:10 +0000

The Jags have plumb list their minds. 6 mil a year and 14 guaranteed for a guy who has proven himself year after year to be mediocre, save one decent year. Gabbert is no Tony Romo. Bad, bad decision.

By: ruthlssjag

ruthlssjag — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:53:37 +0000

Every WR got paid. Point blank!

Oh & the bashing is good news Jags fans, don’t take any of it to heart, enjoy it while its there. You have “the usual” Cowboy fans crying over the loss in their forums & some of them taking time to google Jimmy Smith’s time as a Cowboy where he ONLY saw the field & was brought in as a camp body to Philly before being released. Nice one to that idiot!
Clearly the Jags have alot more to do & oh btw, to all the bashers, when was the last time your team showcased a Lombardy? Even the playoff bound teams if any? Easy to bash when your team barely has any money to spend but extremely easy to bash every player that has signed with other clubs, especially the Jags, right?
What’s the difference btwn this contract & that of Robert Meachem? Both played as #2-3 WR’s in 2011, what’s the bashing for? Ohhhhhhh, we have Blaine Gabbert & no Rivers, I get it. Difference is: We’re finalizing our rebuilding mode while they’ve been “in the hunt” & still neve capitalized.

Talk about too much dollar signs,
Cortland Finnegan- 5yr- 50mill? Really? 1 less mill than a younger, much more talented Brandon Carr..
Keep bringin’ it punks!!

By: kenudo

kenudo — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:39:15 +0000

Whole lot of people saying robinson was overpaid because theyre using old standards. With the new CBA veterans started getting “overpaid” last season. All the money previously spent on rookies is going to veterans. So what Laurent got was just what the market demanded. Meachem got 6 mil a year too. Id rather spend that money on Robinson who has played great for one season as opposed to Meachem who has never had a great season and he played with Brees and Colston

By: KM91

KM91 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:20:49 +0000

Laugh now while you can, by January, you guys are going to be sick of earing about Blaine Gabbert.

By: trefkennedy

trefkennedy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:02:20 +0000

Well, who’s willing to bet he gets at the very least 67 catches 11 td’s and 1200 yards, I’ll wait

By: d2thejr

d2thejr — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:00:40 +0000

Coming from a Cowboy’s fan, the only reason that Robinson had a breakout year is because the other teams focused on Austin and Bryant. At best Robinson is a complimentary receiver and not a #1. ??????????????

What… sorry but you are not a Cowboys fan, because you never watched their games obviously… because had you watched Austin was out, thats why Robinson was getting as much time on the field as he was getting! If the Cowboys’ opponents were “focusing ” on Austin he was easy to stop cause he was eating cookies on the bench.

By: lilrob10201

lilrob10201 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:51:28 +0000

The Jaguars should have made a push for J.Campbell so he could have had a starting job right away.

By: lscoop13

lscoop13 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:16:14 +0000

Did anyone see who sunshine was throwing too…no one and he’s 22 with a sub par o line Robinson will help and word on the street is jags are trading first pick for mike Wallace, that’s a fast receiving core with mike thomas. And jville is a great place to live why would he want to go there with 30 mill and build a castle on the ocean? Haters going to hate it’ll be our time soon

By: txtroutslayer

txtroutslayer — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:15:53 +0000

Coming from a Cowboy’s fan, Congratulations kid! Your living the American Dream! Unless your playing the Cowboys I’ll be rooting for you….

By: borakpo98

borakpo98 — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:14:01 +0000

Based off his production from last season he deserved what he got paid. That being said, I doubt he will repeat it with either Gabbert or Tebow being his QB.

By: storebrandcookies

storebrandcookies — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:02:17 +0000

Coming from a Cowboy’s fan, the only reason that Robinson had a breakout year is because the other teams focused on Austin and Bryant. At best Robinson is a complimentary receiver and not a #1.

By: gmen1990

gmen1990 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:58:31 +0000

I don’t know what everyone is blabbing about but Blaine Gabbert is only 22 years old… He average over 3,000 passing yards, 20 TD’s, 9 pics and 60+ completion percentage in 2 years of college. He has yet to establish himself in the NFL with any WR’s. He obviously has good accuracy and can make good decisions. I bet he has a breakout year if the Jaguars add another decent wideout.

By: babyhorsemorgan

babyhorsemorgan — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:55:26 +0000

Jags would have been slammed even harder if they didn’t sign a receiver, so whatever. Robinson had better numbers than Garcon last season (twice as many TDs) and he signed for $10 million less. He will be catching his passes from a better QB than Pierre will next season as well. Contrary to the constant heat coming from over at the Rotisserie World.

By: bleedgreen

bleedgreen — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:54:58 +0000

Seems like the Jags LOVE to sign mediocre receivers who had 1 decent season to fairly large contracts and say THERE I FIXED IT!

Jerry Porter, Mike Thomas, Troy Williamson, Matt Jones, Mike Sims-Walker (I know the last 2 were drafted by the Jags, but still).

They need new WR scouts BADLY. You’d think Andy Reid pre-2008 draft was doing their WR scouting.

By: conormacleod

conormacleod — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:54:47 +0000

So the more players at a position that are available the MORE they will be over paid? Isn’t America great?!

By: oconnells21

oconnells21 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:52:07 +0000

Love the bashing of Gabbert, a 22 year old kid thrown in as the starter early in the season after a lockout shortened offseason. Writing him off this early is beyond ridiculous. Maybe he will be a bust, but I’d give him a few more years now that there is a new coaching staff, including head coach Mike Mularky (who helped develop Matt Ryan) and the best WR coach in the league (Jerry Sullivan). Chill out self-acclaimed pundits, and let things play out, after all they did have the 6th ranked defense last year.

By: mcjon22

mcjon22 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:47:48 +0000

They would have been better off signing Brandon Lloyd or Mario Manningham for less money then what they gave Robinson. But they are the Jaguars for a reason

By: dirtybird28

dirtybird28 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:44:30 +0000

Poor decision by the Jags with no prime targets. Laurent is a great complimentary option, not primary.

By: d2thejr

d2thejr — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:42:15 +0000

Overpaid….Really? So looking at the money Calvin Johnson got 16 million a year and Robinson got 6 million. So thats 2 1/2 times more money so if Laurent Robinson ends up with 1000 yds. and 8 TDs. I want to see Johnson put up 2,500 yds. and 20 TDs. Whose overpaid now!!!

By: slaughterrt

slaughterrt — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:40:13 +0000

Haha…Robinson’s stock just got hit harder than any woman within 10 foot of Brandon Marshall at a night club.

By: trollaikman8

trollaikman8 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:38:31 +0000

Not the best WR the Cowboys have based on physical ability but he was the healthy one and the only one who knows how to run a route.

This hurts the Cowboys much more than helps the Jaguars. Why didn’t they go after Kyle Orton?
Why didn’t they… ahh forget it. It’s the Jaguars.

By: billm1985

billm1985 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:35:10 +0000

After seeing all these average WR’s get big deals Green Bay got a steal for Jordy Nelson last year. John Clayton of ESPN.com reports it’s a three-year, $13.35 million extension through 2014. $5 million is guaranteed

By: itsmammoth

itsmammoth — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:32:13 +0000

b..bu..but I thought you and Romo were cool man?

Good luck I guess, but I don’t know why you’d want to go to the Jags when you were becoming a superstar in Dallas.

By: tigerlilac

tigerlilac — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:30:50 +0000

It appears at times teams believe paying a player like he’s a top performer is equivalent to the player being a top performer. If the latter doesn’t come first its not likely to be achieved through a big pay day (or osmosis for that matter).

By: 1bigtex

1bigtex — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:29:35 +0000

Sorry to burst your bubble Jags fans, but you didn’t get Jimmy Smith from Dallas. He was in Philly briefly after Dallas.

By: henryjones20

henryjones20 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:26:50 +0000

He must want too play in l.a. in 2013 I see

By: jagsfan11

jagsfan11 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:24:13 +0000

Anybody who has watched the jags would know Gabbert has potential. He just needs receivers. He didnt have camps or an offseason. You can argue well look at would cam newton did, but he had weapons like Steve Smith, and Jeremy Shockey. Im telling you f Robinson breaks out and has a great year, will be superbowl contenders. We have a great D, and maurice jones drew. So please stop hatin on the jags when you have necer even watched them.