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Gene Frenette: Lack of production from receivers has crippled Jaguars

Of all the lowly numbers attached to the Jaguars’ recent history that need an upgrade, there’s few things more aggravating than their inability to produce a 1,000-yard receiver.

Not since Jimmy Smith barely cracked that milestone in 2005, reaching it in a final-game blowout of the Tennessee Titans, has any Jaguar achieved what is regarded as a minimum single-season standard for excellence at the position.

Really, how hard can it be to average 62.5 yards per game for a 16-game season? It’s been done 190 times in the last nine years, but not by anyone in a Jaguars or Oakland Raiders uniform.