Vic: It’s been so long since we’ve had an uncapped system that it’s impossible to answer your question. The first few years in an uncapped system might be a Wild West show, but it would eventually settle down. In an uncapped system, the small-market teams would be expected to pay less than the large-market teams. It was that way prior to the advent of the salary cap system. In other words, if you were a high draft prospect in an uncapped system, you’d rather be selected by a large-market/high-revenue team than by a small-market/low-revenue team.

Vic: Titans.

Vic: It’s a fancy way of saying “drafting for need,” without admitting that you have needs.

Vic: Gray wanted to find a team that would give him an opportunity to compete for a starting job and would commit to that opportunity contractually. The Jaguars were not that team and apparently Gray couldn’t find a team that would make that commitment. The Jaguars couldn’t wait for Gray to find that out. I think that should be easily understood.

Vic: Csonka and Kiick were outstanding. So were Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier, another running back tandem from the same period of time. There are several great running back tandems: Kevin Mack and Earnest Byner of the Browns, Warrick Dunn and Mike Alstott of the Bucs, Jim Brown and Ernie Green of the Browns, etc. First of all, you have to have a system that allows for two guys who are runners, as opposed to the contemporary running back/blocking back system. I offered Dave Osborn and Bill Brown on Monday for no real reason other than I thought they were an especially complementary pair of running backs. Here’s another great pair: Cookie Gilchrist and Billy Joe. If you really want to know who the best of all-time are, the answer is very easy: It’s Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor. They were the best inside-out combination I’ve ever seen and they’re both in the Hall of Fame.

Vic: I got a new appreciation for Sensabaugh on Monday. I wasn’t aware that he had played with a torn labrum in one shoulder before he blew out the other one in week two of last season. The guy played a whole season with a bad shoulder. Do you know how tough it is to tackle a running back or tight end in the open field with a shoulder that moves out of place and leaves you writhing in pain? Sensabaugh had developed a little bit of a reputation as a guy who would miss tackles in the open field and now I know why. With two good shoulders now, he might be a new man.

Vic: I think there has to be concern for his knee. Walker is a sensational talent and it would be a terrible shame if a knee injury limited the degree to which he can express his talent. Last spring and early in training camp, before the repetitions caught up with him, Walker looked like a young Jimmy Smith. Then, all of a sudden, he disappeared. Part of the problem was that he was playing with a significant hand injury that made it painful for him to catch the football, but the play I remember the most was a go route up the sideline in a preseason game. The ball was thrown for Walker to go up above a smaller defender and make the catch, but he didn’t have enough strength in his knee to jump. That’s when it became obvious his knee needed more attention. In selecting Walker, the Jaguars saw six or seven players they had rated go off the board in order just ahead of their pick. It’s one of those rare situations where a team sees its board evaporate right before its eyes. Minnesota tight end Matt Spaeth was one of the prospects and the Jaguars had to figure the Steelers wouldn’t take Spaeth because the Steelers have Heath Miller, but take Spaeth they did. The Jaguars knew Walker had the knee issue, but after that run on their board, Walker’s speed and pass-catching ability were too good to pass up.

Vic: Sensabaugh hasn’t signed the tender and that’s because the RFA signing period doesn’t end for another month. Even though the Jaguars tendered him at the second-round level, he could still be signed to an offer sheet by another team. If that doesn’t happen, and it’s not likely it will, Sensabaugh will almost certainly sign the tender when the RFA signing period ends. Signing it now would take him off the market.

Vic: I say unto you, just win, baby, win.

Vic: I’ve interviewed him on the phone and I’ve interviewed him in person and all indications are that he’s intent on winning the “Byron Leftwich Memorial Best Interview on the Team” award.

Vic: Maybe it’s time to do another “Is Vic an idiot?” poll.

Vic: Why Spanish? Why not, say, Polish?

Vic: The schedule is usually released after the March league meetings and this year’s meetings are next week. Be on the lookout the following week.

Vic: Sure, you can never have enough wide receivers.

Vic: Are you one of those flowing robes guys? Can you arrange to have a private jet pick me up, fly me to the course and give me total consciousness when I die? If you can, get me a tee time.

Vic: Yes, they are. Teams know how to use that information. There’s a 10-yard split in the 40 time that tells a team how quick a player is. The bench press says something about the player’s conditioning and work ethic. You don’t draft guys because of what they do at the combine, but the combine provides more information on the players you’re considering and more information is always better than less information.

Vic: Maybe he’s attempting to send a message to every team through one team.