I think Jackson deserves a Super Bowl Ring for one huge reason.... if it weren't for the way he played and led 2 years ago, this CURRENT team would be set back and would not be where they are now. I understand a lot of the "T-Jack sucks" crowd's points. No, he wasn't going to lead us to the promised land. No, he wasn't the long term answer. But he came in and played a heck of a lot better than CBJ did, and he was the bridge between Hass and Russ. He had that team growing in confidence and they saw that they were capable of winning. He won 8 games on a team that by all rights should have won about 4. To me... that guy deserves to be a part of the end of the ride that he helped get moving and rolling.
Honestly... if Charlie Whitehurst had played that season, do you think last season would have gone as well? I honestly don't. I feel like the team battled, and scratched, and clawed and learned and grew. They did this all with T-Jack under center and he led by example. So if this current iteration of the Hawks get a Superbowl... I'd like T-Jack to be there. The guys love him and respect him and they proved that they could win with him in the game leading the team. I sure as heck think he'd deserve the ring more than Brady Quinn (if neither guy is going to take a snap this coming year). At least T-Jack had something to do with this building process we have and kept the team afloat and ready to excel.
