Jaguars make a good move, sign Aaron Kampman
by BigBlueShoe on Mar 7, 2010 9:06 AM EST
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For well over eight years the Jaguars have tried (and failed) to build a defense that can actually stop the pass. They've traded up to get busts like Derrick Harvey and they've shifted defensive philosophies back and forth in order to generate some kind of pass rush.
This year, the Jags actually made a move that could help them get after the quarterback. According to Jason La Canfora of NFL Network, late last night the Jags signed former-Packers defensive end Aaron Kampman to a multi-year deal.
Let it not be said that when a division rival makes a good move that I or others on this site ignore it, belittle it, or dismiss it. This is a strong move for the Jags; a "transformative" move, so says Paul Kuharsky. Kampman was a multi-sack player before Mike McCarthy got dumb and shifted the defensive philosophy to a 3-4 style. Kampman did not fit that style and only generated 3.5 sacks in 2009.
Another reason why Kampman's sack numbers were so low in 2009 was his season was cut short by injury. In November, he was placed on IR because of an ACL tear. ACL tears are tricky, and it is unclear as to whether Kampman will be able to come back and be the Aaron Kampman of old. Kampman's rehab is supposedly going well, but to quote National Football Posts' Andrew Brandt:
The issue with Aaron, coming off an ACL, will be the physical he takes with a new team. My reports are that his knee looks good and his rehabilitation has been successful (but whoever says his rehab is not going well?).
If Kampman is healthy and adjusts well to Jack Del Rio's return to the 4-3 defense, this could be a big move for the Jags defense. One of the reasons the Colts out-and-out own the Jags is because the Spotted Kitties can never generate a consistent pass rush on Big P. With a healthy Kampman on board, it will be harder for the Colts to control the line-of-scrimmage. Upgrading the Colts offensive line just went to DEFCON-5 for Bill Polian and the Colts personnel staff.
For more on the Kampman signing, check out Big Cat Country.
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This just in…the Jaguars still suck.
There's a new blog in town, the 12th HorseMan.
by KingRichard on Mar 7, 2010 9:21 AM EST reply actions 6 recs
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by BigBlueShoe on Mar 7, 2010 9:22 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You stay classy, Indianapolis
Ignore the hype; look at the results.
Ignore the hype, look at the results
You guys finished last in the division.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
-Mark Twain
Peyton's still a choker :)
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
Driver of the "Cut Reggie Nelson" Bandwagon.
Winner of the 2010 Chad Pennington Award
Some would consider it a badge of honor
Not that I want one
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
Driver of the "Cut Reggie Nelson" Bandwagon.
Winner of the 2010 Chad Pennington Award
While the jags are so sharp in crunch time
Wait… they never get to crunch time.
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
Nearly is the key word
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
-Mark Twain
Not really
Super Bowl XLI. You will know about the Super Bowl when you guys make one. Maybe it will happen in the next 50 years, but I doubt it. Maybe the London Shaguars will win one.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
-Mark Twain
Have fun with it
Your days are numbered. No more Dungy, and Peyton will have blue hair in no time.
Vae Victis!
At least we've had days
And no Dungy didn’t hurt us last year.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
-Mark Twain
Caldwell has it easy
Let Peyton Pass. Win.
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
Driver of the "Cut Reggie Nelson" Bandwagon.
Winner of the 2010 Chad Pennington Award
Keep saying that.
It may actually come true some day and then you can say that you saw it coming all along.
Nearly
doesn’t get you the W in the win column.
Our heads may be bloody, but they are unbowed. We will be back next year better than ever!
Oh yes
Colts games are your Super Bowl. That’s why you count Colts regular season games as “crunch time”. The rest of us count playoffs as “crunch time”.
Your inferior team is 4-13 against the Manning-led Colts. Talk about choking.
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
Surgery every offseason
Is a pain in the neck. His knees are going…he’s a legend but he’s body is showing tell-tale signs of age creeping in. Sound like anyone you know? Your ride is almost over.
The past will be a bitter reminder of the stark reality of your future.
You’re cursed!
Vae Victis!
14-2 and going to the Super Bowl
In a re-building season.
Where were you in the playoffs again?
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
At least you admit he's a legend
Unlike the Leftwich’s and Garrard’s of the world.
"Fans are the only ones who really care. There are no free-agent fans." - Dick Young
Movie Quote of the Week: "I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this."
If You're Not First You're Last
Just ask the Saints.
But seriously, stampedeblue and other SBnation sites want to be taken seriously as journalists instead of just “bloggers”, and yet stampede blue’s editor and chief, bbs, rec’s an unprofessional comment, at best, like “the Jaguars still suck.”
Seriously, you stay classy Brad and Stampede Blue: BANNED!
Ignore the hype; look at the results.
Luckily for me I don’t write for Stampede Blue anymore so I am free to tell you to take your class and shove it bro. The Jaguars suck!
There's a new blog in town, the 12th HorseMan.
by KingRichard on Mar 7, 2010 10:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
They really do
Rec’ed for repeated truth
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
Class
Who needs it when you’re on top of the hill, right? You’re on a slippery slope, KinglittleRichard. Teetering. tick tock….
Vae Victis!
That clock
Must be the count down for the Jags in Jacksonville.
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
Okay
you might want to try that again.
"Fans are the only ones who really care. There are no free-agent fans." - Dick Young
Movie Quote of the Week: "Why is a raven like a writing desk?!?"
WE WANT GAITHER!!!
Nah
I blew it. That opportunity is gone.
It’s funny that you all think rubbing salt in the Jags leaving wound is a weak point for me. I don’t believe they’re going anywhere, so it’s not working. It’s like trying to use a cross on a jewish vampire. I don’t feel it.
Vae Victis!
By your own logic:
by you saying our time is up is a weak point for us. We don’t believe the Colts are going downhill, so it’s not working.
I’d continue but you get my drift.
"Fans are the only ones who really care. There are no free-agent fans." - Dick Young
Movie Quote of the Week: "Why is a raven like a writing desk?!?"
WE WANT GAITHER!!!
Being annoyed is different from not believing.
"Fans are the only ones who really care. There are no free-agent fans." - Dick Young
Movie Quote of the Week: "Why is a raven like a writing desk?!?"
WE WANT GAITHER!!!
I'm not really annoyed
I didn’t know what the right word to use was. It’s just that well… the Jaguars aren’t very good so it’s hard to believe in any universe they’d topple the Colts anytime soon.
"Fans are the only ones who really care. There are no free-agent fans." - Dick Young
Movie Quote of the Week: "Why is a raven like a writing desk?!?"
WE WANT GAITHER!!!
I know
Don’t fault me for faith. I’m a hopeless optimist. With losing teams you’ll often find the fans are negative whiners. That attitude pisses me off. I like the bright side.
Vae Victis!
You have a better chance of leaving
Than winning the division
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
What does that even mean? Also, I’m not quite sure if that insult of yours was really an insult. Little Richard was a badass. So I guess I should be thanking you?
There's a new blog in town, the 12th HorseMan.
Wow...
got him with that one didn’t you? You should feel proud….
Our heads may be bloody, but they are unbowed. We will be back next year better than ever!
Rec'd
for being the same exact thing I told my dad after he told me about the signing.
"Fans are the only ones who really care. There are no free-agent fans." - Dick Young
Movie Quote of the Week: "I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this."
Flagged!
Oh no wait, the other thing.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
-Mark Twain
Indeed
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
On a less funnier note
I really like Kampman. For some reason over the past couple of years since Favre left I’ve grown some admiration for the Packers and I really like most of their players. Kampman just didn’t fit in the 3-4 scheme they changed to this past season and needed a change of scenery.
Unfortunately for him he went to the Jaguars, where he might generate 14 sacks in 14 games but when they want him to get to Peyton in those other two – he’ll be shut out. That’s just the way it is.
"Fans are the only ones who really care. There are no free-agent fans." - Dick Young
Movie Quote of the Week: "I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this."
With our luck
He’ll probably generate 4 or 5 sacks and be our sack leader while everyone else only gets 1 or 2.
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
Driver of the "Cut Reggie Nelson" Bandwagon.
Winner of the 2010 Chad Pennington Award
I'm hoping for the reverse Jinx
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
Driver of the "Cut Reggie Nelson" Bandwagon.
Winner of the 2010 Chad Pennington Award
Colts Offense
Hope B Polian & staff hit on a top contributor in the draft at L Tackle.
Yuck it up, folks
Just keep looking over your shoulder. Your time is dwindling, hide and watch. Thanks for the almost positive post, BBS. I was surprised by and proud of the move by the Jags. I’m twice as surprised to see you say anything about our team that isn’t completely drenched in venom. You’re right to say we do plenty of stumbling and bumbling when comes to personnel moves. Time will tell if it is truly a good move. But it definitely feels like a positive to me.
Also : Go Saints?! Too soon? (Yeah, I know our team “sucks”, last in the division and all…) Congrats on your near win, boys. Better luck never.
Vae Victis!
Oh yeah
Our window closed in 2005. Jags were going to take if I remember correctly.
How is that going for you?
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
You can extend your stay in the bottom of AFC South
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
Bummed about this move
The Packers are my NFC team, so this was a double-whammy for me. Hoping we re-stock along our line so that Kampman isn’t effective against us!
How can you not love a team that does this?
Kampman wasn't any good in the 3-4 anyways.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
-Mark Twain
Thanks for the nice words
I really liked this part:
Upgrading the Colts offensive line just went to DEFCON-5 for Bill Polian and the Colts personnel staff.
But I give you credit for not underestimating or bashing a divisonal rival’s move. That speaks volume!
Can’t wait for the upcoming 2 battles at this fall. (and it’s only early March…)
Life without knowledge is death in disguise
by Zoltan from Budapest on Mar 7, 2010 2:56 PM EST reply actions
oh aaron how could you?
yes I know, it was your only option. the only team that would offer anything. yes we know seattle and philly were so called…interested but in the end they really werent. this was the only team so he took the $$
I love this exhawkeye, his work eithic, his class, but I doubt kampman will be the same player before the injury.
just a little note…dont buy a house because you are about to be playing on the other coast after this year and the people in charge soon will be gone too. dont get too comfy
and we know what jags do with their big FA signings….see tory holt, even if you produce they release you.
Torry Holt didn't produce
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
Driver of the "Cut Reggie Nelson" Bandwagon.
Winner of the 2010 Chad Pennington Award
it's disappointing
to watch players on the downside of their careers… I always have hopes for players like Holt and Bruce, who look to revive or extend their time in the game, and then you just realize it would have been best to go out on top.
How can you not love a team that does this?
Very True
Thats why I understand it when people retire while they’re doing okay. My favorite player was Jimmy Smith, who at the time I didn’t understand why he retired. Now I do and I’m glad I don’t have to remember him being on the downside of his career.
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
Driver of the "Cut Reggie Nelson" Bandwagon.
Winner of the 2010 Chad Pennington Award
Defcon-5 ain't so bad.
It’s them lower numbers yeh gots teh worry ’bout.
"There are those that make it happen, those that watch it happen, and those that stand around and wonder what the hell happened." -- Drew Brees
Defcon-5 ain't so bad.
It’s them lower numbers yeh gots teh worry ’bout.
"There are those that make it happen, those that watch it happen, and those that stand around and wonder what the hell happened." -- Drew Brees
This is actually funny
Yes the Colts own the series the historically challenged forget the domaince the Jags had in the mid to late 90’s, so save your “never been there” talk. Sure they’ve never tasted the Super Bowl…play that card as hard as you can. And if you take a look at the games these two teams have played, considering the talent cavern the Jags still manage to play the Colts close and tough. What does that say about your team, that you can’t “dominate” a team that sucks so bad?
Nice attempt at writing a decent article with throwing your monkey poo. The Defcon 5 fail is almost as nice as the Jaguar emblem above. I agree, great work on the eyes.
The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
Vince Lombardi
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Okay, people really need
to get over the “hey we played you guys tough”
ALMOST DOESN’T COUNT!
"Fans are the only ones who really care. There are no free-agent fans." - Dick Young
Movie Quote of the Week: "I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this."
I though the Tacks had patented "Almost wins"
Guess not.
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
When you play a team twice a year
every year…you kinda get a feel for em. I know that sounds that crazy, but maybe, just maybe this is why the Jags play the Colts close. But Still….this isn’t hand grenades…its football. Almost DOES NOT COUNT.
Our heads may be bloody, but they are unbowed. We will be back next year better than ever!
And we have heard that
from Jags fans year after year. How’s that worked out for ya so far? Not well? Thats what I was thinking too….Oh well…continue your “WE ARE WORTHY!!!!” cry. Cause honestly…not even Tebow can save the Glitterkitties.
Our heads may be bloody, but they are unbowed. We will be back next year better than ever!
I heard we were going down in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 too.
Repeating yourself over and over again, does not make you correct, it makes you more foolish.
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
2010 2009
"It's the greatest job in the world until Peyton comes off the field and you think his thumb might be broken and there's three minutes left in the AFC Championship Game and you're down by three to New England and you haven't taken a snap all year. Yeah, it's a great job until that point." - Jim Sorgi
Please, give me one more chance?
May I believe again this year? This is the last time, I promise…
Vae Victis!
Can't we all...
Just be friends?
. . .
. . .
Okay, maybe not. But, I will remind you Colts fans that it was…what? A 22 year wait before the Colts won a Super Bowl in Indy? The Colts have been the top of the AFC South the majority of the last 10 years. I don’t shy from that fact – but I also know that I am proud of my Jaguars, as many of you were proud of your team in the 90s.
I personally enjoy every game played between the Colts and the Jags because they are never boring. Rarely is there a game that isn’t close. I love that. I respect your team for the quality it has been for years.
You guys must realize, though, that the talent in the AFC south is becoming tighter. Next year this will be a very tough division, and I look forward to seeing how the season pans out. I have a feeling, personally, that we will all be surprised by the outcome. Good luck, and nice article, BigBlueShoe.
by alwaysforgiven821 on Mar 10, 2010 5:15 AM EST reply actions
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