now that was offensive

As the Jaguars season once again starts in a hole, my expectations have been slashed more than usual. It's one thing to lose the opening game of the season...again to the Titans...again to Jeff Fisher...who again gives me every reason to dislike him because again, his team kicks our butts. It's another to lose it the way we did.

I can't chalk it up to incompetence. Most of the team played pretty well. The one place we sucked, and it pretty much took everything down with it, was the offensive line. The reason the offensive line sucked is because apparently there's nobody left to play there....in week one. The starting center went down in preseason and won't be back for a few weeks. One starting guard got hurt in pregame warm ups. Another got hurt in the game. One second string tackle is in the hospital after getting shot last week. Another guy got hurt in the game, but came back to finish it. At one point, the five guys playing the line were the only five guys we had left.

When that happens, it stands to reason you'll have no running game. The backs can't run when there are no holes in the line. The passing game is going to suffer because your quarterback has no time. Garrard got sacked seven times, and he's a pretty mobile guy. It could have been worse.

The thing is, unless some of those guys get healthy in a week, it's not going to get any better next Sunday. It'll be what it'll be but damn that was a hard thing to watch...and all that playoff talk is just that right now. Talk.