http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/players/reggie_williams/3913 Recent articles about Reggie Williams en-us The one thing the Jacksonville Jaguars have been lacking since the days of Jimmy Smith and Keenan McCardell is the presence of playmakers on offense.While the team spent draft picks on Matt Jones and Reggie Williams in the past and hoped there would be a spark in the offense, the team and fans have been left disappointed. Over the last three years, while some efforts have worked and others have not, the team has made a concerted effort to bring in players who could provide play-making ability to join Maurice Jones-Drew as a threat every time they touch the ball.Maybe this is the year where teams really look at the Jaguars as a team that could score every time they have the ball.It is not a scenario where I am saying this franchise will score 30 points per contest, but this offense could be a lot more exciting than last season.In 2012, the Jaguars averaged 213.7 yards per contest in the air and meager 85.6 yards on the ground, easily one of the worst in the league. If this franchise ... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:34:00 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2013_fantasy_football_preview_jacksonville_jaguars/13607399 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2013_fantasy_football_preview_jacksonville_jaguars/13607399 2013 Fantasy Football Preview: Jacksonville Jaguars http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/2013_fantasy_football_preview_jacksonville_jaguars/13607399 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Jaguars did not need this right now.Fresh off a great weekend where the team took the NFL by the horns and drafted players who could help this franchise grow, now Jacksonville and its management must decide if they want to continue to invest in one of the best young receivers to come out of college in the past decade.Forget about wins and losses, this is more a matter of life and death.On Monday, it was reported that Justin Blackmon suffered a third strike against him in the past 30 months for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.Right now, it is not known what substance the receiver, who was arrested on aggravated DUI charges only 11 months ago, took. It also means he will not be able to participate in the team’s first four games of the regular season, hurting his team in the process.In a statement issued by the NFL on Monday, it was reported that "Justin Blackmon of the Jacksonville Jaguars has been suspended without pay for the team’s first four games of the 2013 r... Wed, 01 May 2013 10:59:40 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/justin_blackmon_what_suspension_means_to_jacksonville_jaguars/13527470 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/justin_blackmon_what_suspension_means_to_jacksonville_jaguars/13527470 Justin Blackmon: What Suspension Means To Jacksonville Jaguars http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/justin_blackmon_what_suspension_means_to_jacksonville_jaguars/13527470 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/a/ca9a125413bd1f6f63bd9888cf934c84032c6f9f/mini/6889912.jpg This is a homeless guy selling Streetwise and rocking a Peerless Price Buffalo Bills jersey. What better way to get people to give you more money than to wear the jersey of someone that absolutely no one else in America would wear. You know times are tough if he’s wearing a Peerless Price jersey. Short of wearing a Reggie Williams Jacksonville Jaguars or Troy Williamson Minnesota Vikings jersey I can’t think of too many that I would rather wear less than this one. Great find on this one by our boy Jeff Schulman. Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:27:44 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/homeless_guy_in_peerless_price_buffalo_bills_jersey/11439196 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/homeless_guy_in_peerless_price_buffalo_bills_jersey/11439196 Homeless guy in Peerless Price Buffalo Bills jersey http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/homeless_guy_in_peerless_price_buffalo_bills_jersey/11439196 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/0/c07ebfb822f37c4b02ae7511b7bf5f5d1fa1a468/mini/Bledsoe_celebrates_with_6a22.jpg In the first four installments of My Five I?ve addressed some of the notable movements and repercussions of free agency. I decided my next step would be to dive in and analyze the draft. My original intention was to do a ranking of the top keepers from this year?s incoming class (I?ll list them briefly at the conclusion of Part II), but it turned out to be quite predictable. Next I thought I?d list some sleepers from the later rounds, but until we see teams? depth charts and have some indication of how reps are going to be distributed I really just would have been guessing, so I?ll save that one for a few weeks into the preseason. In the midst of my research, which delved into past years, a pattern formed. Then another. So what follows are the five biggest trends I saw evolving since the 2008 draft and hopefully they can provide some insight into evaluating this year?s crop of newbies. Today's concept flowed from the evaluation of rookies, but in the majority of cases (as to be ... Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:36:15 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/my_five_rookie_trends_part_i/11180860 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/my_five_rookie_trends_part_i/11180860 My Five: Rookie Trends - Part I http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/my_five_rookie_trends_part_i/11180860 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png We have all seen the show and probably hummed the tune “Bad boys, bad boys, what ya gonna do, what you gonna do when they come for you”. On COPS it seems the good stuff always happens when the weather turns warm and now dog days of summer are upon us. That means pool parties, barbecues, family reunions and……NFL arrests. Every year just after the NFL draft a player, or two, gets busted for doing something stupid after their new found fortune and fame. This year the lucky recipient of the “Uh-Oh” award goes to Justin Blackmon. Shortly after getting drafted in the 1st round, Blackmon was arrested on an aggravated DUI charge. The monetary “Uh-Oh” is the fact that the Jaguars have not even signed this first round draft pick. Was this just bad timing for Blackmon? I think not. The Jaguars seem to have made this a habit with their draft picks since the early 2000’s. Matt Jones who played quarterback at Arkansas was drafted in the first round by the Jaguars and later released following two ... Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:05:33 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/nfl_vs_cops/11046545 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/nfl_vs_cops/11046545 NFL vs. COPS http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/nfl_vs_cops/11046545 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png According to information supplied by various people close enough to Justin Blackmon to know, the Jacksonville Jaguars' first-round draft choice never met R. Jay Soward or Reggie Williams or Matt Jones or Jimmy Smith. But with his arrest early Sunday morning arrest on a DUI charge, the player chosen with the fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft six weeks ago has been lumped with many of the troubled wide receivers in Jaguars history. In much the same way, there have been some flimsy attempts at a link with Dez Bryant, the problematic Dallas wide receiver who also played at Oklahoma State. But the folks in Jacksonville who operate the Jaguars have, over the past two days, quickly suggested they aren't buying it. They have at least privately disavowed the notion that the franchise carries some kind of crazy curse when it comes to wide receivers. So have people in Stillwater, Okla., where both Bryant and Blackmon plied their college careers and created their share of issues. No, Justin Blackmon is on h Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:46:37 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jags_blackmon_must_look_in_mirror/10948070 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jags_blackmon_must_look_in_mirror/10948070 Jags: Blackmon must look in mirror http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/jags_blackmon_must_look_in_mirror/10948070 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png According to information supplied by various people close enough to Justin Blackmon to know, the Jacksonville first-rounder never met R. Jay Soward or Reggie Williams or Matt Jones or Jimmy Smith. But with his early Sunday morning arrest for DUI, the player chosen with the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft six weeks ago has been lumped with many of the troubled wide receivers in Jaguars' history. In much the same way, there have been some flimsy attempts at a link with Dez Bryant, the problematic Dallas wide receiver who also played at Oklahoma State. But the folks in Jacksonville who operate the Jaguars have, over the past two days, quickly suggested they aren't buying it. They have at least privately disavowed the notion that the franchise carries some kind of crazy curse when it comes to wide receivers. So have people in Stillwater, Okla., where both Bryant and Blackmon plied their college careers, and created their share of "issues." No, Justin Blackmon... Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:58:14 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jaguars_official_blackmon_must_take_ownership_of_situation/10946201 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/jaguars_official_blackmon_must_take_ownership_of_situation/10946201 Jaguars' official: Blackmon must 'take ownership of situation' http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/jaguars_official_blackmon_must_take_ownership_of_situation/10946201 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png   I wonder if on the back of Justin Blackmon’s jersey they can just write the word “HOPE”.  When I look at Blackmon’s film from Oklahoma State, that is exactly what I see…Hope.  Hope may be all Jacksonville Jaguars fans really need right now because, sadly, it has been some time since they have had any.  Not since the 2007 Jaguars knocked off the Steelers, only to lose to the (not for much longer) undefeated Patriots, have Jaguars fans had any hope.  Since that time it has been a myriad of head-scratching, disappointing, and questionable decisions.  The wide receiver spot especially has been a revolving door for disappointing talent that has seen the likes of Reggie Williams, Ernest Wilford, Matt Jones, Mike Sims-Walker, and an aging Torry Holt go through it.  The Jaguars have never gone after the big names in free agency, and have subsequently remained a sort of after thought in the NFL.  Only Jaguar fans are ever really interested in what goes on in Jacksonville.  Notice I said f Thu, 17 May 2012 09:02:52 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/you_see_blackmon_i_see_hope/10812017 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/you_see_blackmon_i_see_hope/10812017 You See Blackmon, I See Hope http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/you_see_blackmon_i_see_hope/10812017 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Honorable Mention: Travis Taylor (BALT), Troy Edwards (PITT), Thomas Lewis (NYG), RaShaun Woods (SF), Rae Carruth (CAR) 10. Sylvester Morris - 2000 - 21st to KC Sylvester Morris was drafted 21st overall by the Kansas Chiefs in the 2000 NFL Draft. An FCS-school product, Morris was a productive and dominant player at Jackson State. Although raw like many small-school alumni, Morris was a big target with loads of potential. The Chiefs selected Morris ahead of future Pro Bowlers Chris Hovan (25th) and Keith Bulluck (30th), hoping he'd turn into a No. 1 wide receiver. Unfortunately, Morris' fate was at the hands of the injury bug. After a decent rookie season in which he recorded 48 receptions, 678 yards, and 3 touchdowns, Morris never played another down in the NFL. Constant, severe knee injuries forced him out of action for the next three years. In 2004, Morris signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Once again, a nasty knee injury ended his career. Morris played just one year... Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:56:13 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/nfl_draft_10_biggest_wide_receiver_busts_in_the_last_20_years/10636837 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/nfl_draft_10_biggest_wide_receiver_busts_in_the_last_20_years/10636837 NFL Draft: 10 Biggest Wide Receiver Busts in the Last 20 Years http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/nfl_draft_10_biggest_wide_receiver_busts_in_the_last_20_years/10636837 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Gene Smith can't be shy if he wants to add top talent at WR for the Jaguars. Since the Gene Smith era began at the beginning of 2009, the Jacksonville Jaguars have been shy about spending money on wide receivers. There's a very legitimate reason for that. The Jaguars have been bitten in a big way in the past when it comes to receivers. Certainly Reggie Williams and Matt Jones, possibly one of the most physically gifted players to ever wear a Jaguars jersey, were big busts. Jerry Porter and Troy Williamson's time here was brief and forgettable -- not to mention obscenely expensive in Porter's case. The Jaguars simply haven't fared well over the past decade in terms of wide receivers. The Jaguars have tried to develop low-risk, low-cost guys into consistent producers for the offense, but it just hasn't worked. Mike Thomas, the team's most productive receiver, is better suited to be a slot receiver that plays more on second and third down. He&#... Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:07:37 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/gene_smith_cant_be_gun_shy/10094503 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/gene_smith_cant_be_gun_shy/10094503 Gene Smith can't be gun shy http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/gene_smith_cant_be_gun_shy/10094503 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Brian Quick catches a 58-yard TD. Is Quick the next small school GM Gene product? This past year was quite possibly the most pathetic showing of wide receivers in Jaguars history, OK, not possibly, it was. That’s including the years with Matt Jones and Reggie Williams. The wide receivers this year tanked and didn’t show any signs of improvement until the end of the year, which, interestingly enough, coincided with the bye week and the coaching change. The questions that remains are these… “Who will the Jaguars acquire in Free Agency? Who will the Jaguars draft? Which wide receivers with the Jaguars keep?” … [visit site to read more] Love it or Hate it — Wide Receivers - Black and Teal - Black and Teal - A Jacksonville Jaguars Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:47:17 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/love_it_or_hate_it_wide_receivers/9402146 http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/love_it_or_hate_it_wide_receivers/9402146 Love it or Hate it — Wide Receivers http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/love_it_or_hate_it_wide_receivers/9402146 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png