I've said this in about half a dozen other threads, and I don't mind sharing this useful insight again..
JJ's usefulness is his speed, not his power. He can outrun most of the big-bodied defenders, which creates a useful mismatch in our forward line. From this mismatch, it can create direct goals by him, or it can create goal assists.
He is not, and I repeat again, NOT a player to take big pack marks or cause friction rub to the back of the defenders.
Well John ... again that is my point. If he is not a big bodied pack crashing contested mark (which we ALL agree he is not) then why is he in the team again?
If his usefulness is speed - then we have faster players in the squad ... that have other good attributes.
If you are claiming that it's his speed for his size - that would explain why he is so easily shut down in big games. It's just a simple plan.
As a defensive unit - which team targeted JJ in their plans do you think? Does anyone here suggest that JJ would provide any sort of problem to the opposition that almost ANY other forward could also provide?
That's why everyone says "if only he was physical". Because then it would make sense to choose Jenkins over other players ... but as we have all seen, as we all know (not just JohnWho and Vader) that is not ever going to happen with Jenkins. He is an outside, non-contested mark, average back-up ruck, with very little football nous ... who loves to get on the end of chains to kick goals.
I would happily get Jenkins out of our 22 and replace him with ANY player that provides a contest and pressure. Harry Dear loves the contest it's in his DNA, he also has an entire lifetime of football learning behind him. Fogarty is an outside chance, just because of his attitude to the contested side.
What would we lose? What would we gain?