Taylor Jacobs starting Sunday

I'm actually a bit more worried about Betts being out. He's listed as doubtful. Guess maybe we'll see some more of Rock?

I had high hopes for taylor this year and hopefully now he takes advantage of his oppurtunity because as productive as the offense has been this year, I'd love the possibility of having two reliable big play recievers to open up the running game a bit more as well as the pass over the middle to cooley.

I'm actually a bit more worried about Betts being out. He's listed as doubtful. Guess maybe we'll see some more of Rock?

I'd love to see Nemo at some point this year.

Nemo would be nice, but i don't think we'll be bad with Cartwright back there. On second thought, after having flashbacks from the KC game, you know what i'm talking about, i think we should activate Nemo. As far as Taylor Jacobs, this is his chance. If he doesn' take advantage of it now, he's not gonna get another one.

good deal jacobs has potential

Good point. Having watched TJ closely in camps over the past three years, I've been touting his abilities, and predicting great things from him. When you watch the guy working alongside the other receivers in practice, he stands out, because he really does possess so many of the attributes that make a receiver successful in the NFL.

But the one thing he seems to lack personality-wise-- and this is critical-- is that steely confidence and cocky self-assuredness that seems to always accompany today's outstanding receivers. Maybe that's one reason I've always liked the guy. But there's a reason so many great receivers-- Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Joe Horn, Chad Johnson, the list goes on-- exude such unmitigated self-confidence.

To play that position at that level, where they're able to dominate opposing secondaries and establish themselves as upper-echelon wideouts, they not only have to be superior athletes, but they have to possess an unwavering belief that they can mentally and physically dominate defenders. You can see a little bit of that Jordan-esque killer instinct in any great wideout, whether they brashly proclaim their greatness or not. It's communicated in the way they carry themselves, the way they look people in the eye, their vocal and non-verbal mannerisms. It's something you sense, not just in the words they speak, but in their entire expression of who they are.

I simply don't see that in Taylor. He's not a commanding presence. He's just a quiet, soft-spoken farmboy from rural Florida. There's nothing remarkable about him physically, and his personality is so stealthily unobtrusive that he would virtually disappear in a room full of average people. One might get the sense that Jacobs' goal in life is to remain as inconspicuous as possible.

That could be a big detriment to him, holding him back on the depth chart, while others with "louder" personalities jockey for the attention of coaches, and lobby through the media for more playing time and more looks from the quarterback on gameday. As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. It could also be that, consciously or unconsiously, the coaches and quarterbacks interpret Taylor's lack of bravado as a lack of self-confidence. Why would they have any confidence in someone who apparently has little or no confidence in himself?

With Patten out of the picture this weekend, this is Taylor's opportunity to let his playmaking abilities speak for themselves. The question is, how loudly will they speak?

Good analysis for a WR who most of us have not had the priviledge of seeing in practice. When you described the personality and unassuming character immediately reminded me of the best WR the Redskins has ever had. Art Monk. Quiet, humble, unassuming and dangerous as hell in tight games. He was the quintessenstial of a player who spoke volumes with his play rather than his mouth. Taylor Jacobs has a big task ahead of him, but he should trust Gibbs and the system and run his routes as well as he did in training camp.

Has anyone heard about us signing Jimmy Farris to the team behind Jacobs?

i really want jacobs to do good and he has potential, but i dont see it happening...i have a feeling he's not gonna do good

brown seperated from the scrubs dbs every single play... i mean wide open... but you gotta catch the thing to be any good.

Let's give Jacobs a chance. His injuries were freak. The internal bleeding, catching a cleat in the abdomen.. Anyway it is unfair to compare him to a Michael Westbrook, because I think Westbrook actually had mental problems, and/or comparing him to Albert Connell who I also believe had mental problems. It appears that Jacobs doesn't fall into this category so already we have an advantage Jacobs. I think we all hope he comes through and adjusts to gameday speed and hits. Cause the hits are hard when its on TV.
I am disappointed not to be seeing Patton for the rest of the season. I know people think he's a bum, but I still think he can be a huge asset to this team.
I'm missing Betts already. He looked like Stephen Davis last weekend. Hell, better and less damaged than Stephen. That catch in the middle for a TD was incredible. Beating Brooks! That's Betts' highlight film right there. Cartwright filling in for him Sunday. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Signing Parsons. Never seen anything to make me think he's anything special like Farris' 2 TD catches in preseason, but with Gibbs you never know who'll be the next superstar. Mark Rypien? Timmy Smith? Doug Williams? etc. That's kinda like saying Mark Brunell, Ladell Betts and Patrick Ramsey become legends. It's a longshot but hey with Gibbs ferocious work ethic and incredible way to make overpaid giants believe in a 'team' philosophy anything is possible.