One of the Jaguars biggest weaknesses from last season was the fact that they did not have a receiver who could put pressure on defenses by stretching the field vertically, but with the addition of Torry Holt, the Jaguars now have that deep threat. Because of Holt’s explosiveness the running game will be able to produce a little more because defenses have to respect and account for Holt’s ability to get up the field in a heartbeat. With that said, is Holt’s presence enough to get the Jaguars over the hump and push them closer towards the playoffs? It all depends on how well David Garrad can perform. Last season he threw 15 TD’s and 13 interceptions and no team is going to get far with their quarterback putting up numbers like that.

The David Garrad of the 2007-08 season is the Garrad the Jaguars will need to show up in 2009-10. That year he threw 18 TD’s and a league low 3 interceptions among starting quarterbacks. If they can control the ball on offense, they’ll fair just fine. However, the loss of Fred Taylor may be something the Jaguars will struggle to adapt to early on in the season. That’s not taking away from Maurice Jones-Drew, because we all know he’s the better running back of the two, but Talyor was able to give Jones-Drew a spell here and there and even gave the Jaguars offense options because of Jones-Drew’s ability to make an impact in the passing game.