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  • 09/01/2011, 04:15PM ET

The G.O.A.T of the Jacksonville Jaguars, RETIRES!

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Fred Taylor signs a one day contract to retire a jaguar..

This guy was a real beast..

Fred Taylor is the best to ever put on teal!!!!!!!!!


Fred Taylor was good but Mark Brunell is the greatest Jaguar of all time.

Keep in mind that Brunell started with Jacksonville right after they were an expansion team and made them legitimate.

With the exception of his first yr, Brunell solidified the Jaguars as a serious NFL franchise even taking them to the AFC championship.

Without Brunell, the Jaguars would have been another bad choice for a franchise and quite possibly would have relocated to Los Angeles.

While Taylor was good, Brunell was the face of the franchise and the leader of the team throughout it's first decade.

I like Fred Taylor and he's probably the best running back of all time for Jacksonville but the title of best ever has to go to Mark Brunell.


???holds the Jaguars records for rushing yards in a game, season and career;
???rushed for at least 100 yards 48 times, and;
???rushed for 1,000 yards in a season seven times on his way to the top 15 all time in the NFL.
Over an 8-year period, Taylor averaged 4.5 yards per carry. Only NFL stars Jim Brown and Barry Sanders also can say that. Both are hall of famers.

~firstcoastnews.com

Taylor 11 seasons with the teal cats..


Brunell 9 seasons..

Fred taylor has more rushing yards than Earl Campbell, and OJ Simpson, who's Brunell beating?


Brunell has thrown for more career touchdowns than Troy Aikman, Joe Namath and Terry Bradshaw.
Does this make him better than any of those quarterbacks?
Of course not

So let's assume that Fred Taylor wasn't better than Cambell, OJ, Jim Brown or Barry Sanders.

Brunell holds those same records for Jacksonville and they won't be broken anytime soon.

However, I'd give it a few more seasons before Taylor's records are shattered by Maurice Jones-Drew.

Brunell on the other hand holds the distinction of turning Jacksonville into a winning franchise. I see you mentioned nothing about Taylor's contributions in that area because he was just a work horse. He ran the ball and did well but the team never went far.

Brunell led the Jaguars to two AFC Championship games and is immediately recognized as being the most popular player in team history.

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September 1, 2011  05:48 PM ET
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Originally posted 04:36 PM ET  09.01 by Flambo Gus

Just because he played for the Pats well past his prime doesn't make him the best ever in a Jags uni.Brunell carried the Jags to an AFC Championship game...

hahaahha.. you think that's my reasoning.. wait till the arguments..

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September 1, 2011  05:52 PM ET
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Taylor played for the Pats? Spent a lot of time on the IR, didn't he?

September 1, 2011  05:52 PM ET
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Originally posted 04:36 PM ET  09.01 by Flambo Gus

Brunell carried the Jags to an AFC Championship game...

If he had a healthy OL? They would have been a force.

September 1, 2011  05:55 PM ET
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Originally posted 05:52 PM ET  09.01 by DJRoxalot

Taylor played for the Pats? Spent a lot of time on the IR, didn't he?

yeah

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September 1, 2011  05:58 PM ET
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Originally posted 05:57 PM ET  09.01 by Flambo Gus

Spent alot of time on the IR in Jax too.

yup..

September 1, 2011  05:58 PM ET
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see the C on is sleeve, in my avatar..

September 1, 2011  05:59 PM ET
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*HIS... no "is"..lol

September 1, 2011  06:10 PM ET
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Matt Jones, FTW.

September 1, 2011  06:10 PM ET
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Leaning right.

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September 1, 2011  06:53 PM ET
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jimmy smith=greatest jag of all time

9 times over 1000 yards receiving, 5 time pro bowler

September 1, 2011  06:54 PM ET
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Originally posted 06:53 PM ET  09.01 by kook583

jimmy smith=greatest jag of all time9 times over 1000 yards receiving, 5 time pro bowler

Nice pick. Interesting how his name is so ordinary, people just forgot all about him.

September 1, 2011  07:01 PM ET
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Originally posted 06:53 PM ET  09.01 by kook583

jimmy smith=greatest jag of all time9 times over 1000 yards receiving, 5 time pro bowler

I was thinking he might be the pick. He and Rod Smith [both released by the Seahawks] were very underrated players.

 
September 1, 2011  07:03 PM ET
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my second pick would be tony boselli.....played only 7 years, but was a pro bowler for 5 of those years and all pro for 3.

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