Jimmy Sniff retires???

The rumor is out there and the Jaguars are neither confirming or denying...#82 has put in his two weeks notice.

If this happens to be the case, I have very mixed emotions. The guy has been a Jaguar since day one of the franchise, and a damn good one. He's probably the luckiest thing to ever happen to the Jaguars, being called at home in his living room for a tryout for an expansion team after being completely out of football, cut by the Eagles and the Cowboys, to go on to become a Pro Bowler. He was the leading reciever last year, as well as just about every year before that. The guy can still play and if he stays, the team will depend on him to do much the same again this year, and I have no doubt he'd come through. He's an all around good guy and I want to still watch him make plays. I want him back, at least one more year. If the rumor is true, Matt Jones, Reggie Williams, Cortez Hankton...you guys need to step it up, and now!

Now, can this be a good thing if it's true...maybe. It presents opportunities to Cortez Hankton, Reggie Williams and Matt Jones to take that step. It makes room for Ernest Wilford to grow and maybe gives Chad Owens another chance to shine. There's opportunity in the uncertainty.

There are also questions about the timeliness of the move. Jimmy has had his off field problems with drugs, and retiring..now..seems awfully suspicious. If he had this move in mind, wouldn't it make sense to say something before the draft, instead of waiting until now? I hope, for his sake, this isn't a move that he had to make because he failed another test. If the rumor is true, I hope it's because he just felt like it was time to go...out on top, instead of doing to J'ville what Brett Favre is doing to Green Bay.