But here’s the thing. It’s time to stop doing that. The culture has almost completely changed since last year. A new owner, president, coach and other improvements mean you can stop beating your poor dead horse. It may take some time, but the franchise has a chance to move forward
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The Bills said they were “changing the culture when they hired Jauron,same with the Rams and Spagnolou,Browns and Channel,Mangini,AND Murmur,Chiefs with Haley,etc.
Until the culture actually IS changed and you start winning games,it appears to just be lip service which fans have heard 1000 times before. Consider that the new owner/GM/HC started off their tenure doing the same thing the last group did: drafting a WR with “issues”. Will Blackman be boom or bust? Nobody knows,but the beginning of his story looks a lot like the beginning of Del Rio’s,and we ALL know how that turned out.

NFL Running backs are easy to come by. Are they as good as MJD? Likely not. But the tradeoff for losing a 1st round pick is not there.

He could draw a 2nd round pick.

Besides, what team wants to give up a high draft choice and in return gain a malcontent that does not honor a contract that he signed. Give back your signing bonus MJD, and then maybe someone will take you seriously and, admire your word and honor. Without that, you are not worth the headache

But here’s the thing. It’s time to stop doing that. The culture has almost completely changed since last year. A new owner, president, coach and other improvements mean you can stop beating your poor dead horse. It may take some time, but the franchise has a chance to move forward. As for being low profile, winning will help of course, but ESPN and even NFL network need to make sure that all 32 teams are fairly represented when covering the NFL. Some teams are naturally more interesting because of their worth (eg Steelers, Patriots, Giants), but others are given too much spotlight for reasons I can only guess. (hype, money etc)It’s shameless.

The Jag-hater comedians are here! Great!

If this is such a low-profile team that stinks, why do you no-Jag fans bother to look much less comment on Jag stories?
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Pointing out the repetitive flaws of a poorly-run franchise isn’t “hating” any more than pointing out the successes of a well-run franchise is “jumping on the bandwagon”. The Jags routinely screw up when it comes to personnel (RJ Soward,Leftwich,R. Williams, M. Jones,R. Nelson,D. Harvey,Gabbert) and that’s just 1st round screwups! This has led to a pathetic .475 win percentage in the last decade(only 3 winning seasons) It’s not hate;it’s truth.

And although his contract was front loaded (avg $7mil per 1st 3 years)… he outplayed it.

The Jags don’t care b/c they are mediocre (6-10) with him, & w/o him they get a shot @ #1 overall pick (i.e. Colts sans Peyton last year)

He should have his agent/pr guy issue a well-thoughtout statement explaining why he thinks he should be fairly compensated as 4-5 mil for his services are an insult.

Or ask for a trade to the Patriots, Lions, Colts, or Steelers.

in the end it will work out better for everyone.

Those two factors are what are playing in the Jaguars favor.

The fact that it isn’t even a big story in Jacksonville is telling.

Anyone who believes the Jaguars would even consider a trade is nuts. If Jacksonville did trade him away, the contract goes with him and what would be the motivation to give a 27-year-old running back in his 7th year anymore money than he’s already getting from the Jaguars? There’s really no value for either side in a trade.
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You’re assuming that he’d want more money from another team too, Joe.

I wouldn’t doubt he’d take the same money and go to a winner.

To the Jag fans who are complaining about the amount of coverage you get, please stop. The media and everyone else will pay you more attention when you win. Remember 96 with a young Brunell and the AFC championship game appearance? Think there was an SI cover in there for you and you were media darlings. Nobody hates on you because you play in a small market. Get everyone’s attention with W’s and the problem is solved.

As for MJD, it does hurt him that he plays for a bad team. I think the Jets going 8-8 last year hurt Revis’s leverage when they were talking about a possible holdout. When you come off a year where you went to a championship game, the agent says you won’t get back there without my client. When you’re unsuccessful, like my head baseball coach says, “We can lose with you or we can lose without you.”

It’s all about $$$ and he has two years left on his contract so if the Jags feel they can get the job done without him, more power to them.

Of course, even if he were Barry Sanders, the Jags aren’t winning anything anytime soon.

Keep hating. We’re used to it. Easy target and all. Hope you like the taste of crow. This team is not nearly as bad as you would make us out to be. But you’ll find that out soon enough.

And also consider this. MJD’s leverage is very low for another reason. The Jags went 5-11 with him at his BEST last year and haven’t done anything to significantly improve their team. They can probably win at LEAST four games without MJD and who cares if it’s 4 or 5? All that means is no shot at the playoffs and a draft pick somewhere between 2 and 10. MJD has no leverage because his presence alone does not make his team a contender.

Anyone who believes the Jaguars would even consider a trade is nuts. If Jacksonville did trade him away, the contract goes with him and what would be the motivation to give a 27-year-old running back in his 7th year anymore money than he’s already getting from the Jaguars? There’s really no value for either side in a trade.

You can’t compare his deal to Johnson’s or Peterson’s because the consensus among actual football people is that those two guys got way too much in their deals anyway.

And with the amount of work MJD has been forced to do in recent seasons, you can’t assume that he’s continue to hold up. As it was, he’s had knee issues in past seasons. And since no team would be required to write him a new deal, why would they?

As for picks, what would Jacksonville get for him? Maybe a third round pick, at best. As good as he’s been, he’s closer to the end of his career than the beginning. This is a passing league now. Unless a guy is a real beast at the position, how many running backs go high in the draft? This year, one. The next two went at 31 and 32. There are a lot of good backs that can be drafted in later rounds these days. Even MJD didn’t go until the end of round two in 2006.

This isn’t a knock on the guy’s talent, and Jacksonville wants him back, both the team and the fans. But the reality of things is they’re going to be a better team all around this season in all areas, and his backup looked really good Friday night. They’re moving on for now, and if he wants to play, he needs to stop watching his money go out the window in fines and get back to work. All will be forgiven.

That’s not the I-95 Corridor.

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According to whom? According to the “official website of the I-95 Corridor Coalition”, it is. If you are specifically referring to the Northeast corridor, you may want to specify as such.

It’s like they don’t exist at all.

They ARE good to rag on though, that’s for sure.