How long has it been since we've had an OC that utilized our weapons and took shots downfield? Olson from Jedd Fisch has been a miraculous sight to compare.
Not to mention he's doing it with a very young offense. A lot of 2nd year guys with little experience. Imagine what he can do when these guys get a little more experience under their belt and can really break open the playbook and doesn't feel like he has to simplify anything.
Thank God we didn't hire Gase.
It looks like Oley is finally figuring out what it's going to take for this offense to score in the red zone. Assuming this continues, then he's the best OC we've had since Coughlin.
He deserves credit no doubt, but I also think the development of Blake and ARob has been tremendous as well. I do love the vertical passing game though.
Quote:How long has it been since we've had an OC that utilized our weapons and took shots downfield? Olson from Jedd Fisch has been a miraculous sight to compare.
Not to mention he's doing it with a very young offense. A lot of 2nd year guys with little experience. Imagine what he can do when these guys get a little more experience under their belt and can really break open the playbook and doesn't feel like he has to simplify anything.
Thank God we didn't hire Gase.
To be fair, this is the first time since Garrard was here that the Jags had a QB that was good enough to throw downfield
Hold on. I like some of the stats too. He has the two best draft eligible acqusitions ar wr in the history of this team and probably the best drafted qb. 07 with reggie williams and matt jones was a heck of a job.
Quote:He deserves credit no doubt, but I also think the development of Blake and ARob has been tremendous as well. I do love the vertical passing game though.
Gregon Olson is the guy responsible for developing them.
Quote:Gregon Olson is the guy responsible for developing them.
I'm not taking anything away from Olsen, but don't forget Blake did a lot of offseason activities to improve including refinement of his mechanics. To say all of his development is because of Olsen isn't fair to the commitment Blake had to his own development. I think Olsen's offense fits Blake style for sure.
Quote:To be fair, this is the first time since Garrard was here that the Jags had a QB that was good enough to throw downfield
Garrard wasn't all that great at throwing downfield. He had a nice downfield strike once every other game when he happened to find someone wide open deep streaking down the middle, but otherwise he threw shorter passes or else mid-level sideline passes.
Quote:Since Gilbride.
Didn't we go to the playoffs with Chris Palmer? I know he came after Gilbride.
If the offense keeps performing well. It'll earn Olsen a HC gig
Quote:If the offense keeps performing well. It'll earn Olsen a HC gig
Not so fast. Our offense still struggles to score touchdowns in the red zone.
Quote:Jedd Fisch
I mean I guess we can thank him for Hurns.
Quote:Garrard wasn't all that great at throwing downfield. He had a nice downfield strike once every other game when he happened to find someone wide open deep streaking down the middle, but otherwise he threw shorter passes or else mid-level sideline passes.
agreed, but he was also the last qb we had that was able to throw downfield...Leftwich, Henne, and Gabbert couldn't do it...Garrard throwing long wasn't his strong suit, but he was able to throw for 15 plus a few times a game
Quote:I mean I guess we can thank him for Hurns.
Thank Gus Bradley for Allen Hurns. He hired Jedd Fisch.
Quote:Since Gilbride.
This
Quote:Didn't we go to the playoffs with Chris Palmer? I know he came after Gilbride.
Google must be down.
Quote:agreed, but he was also the last qb we had that was able to throw downfield...Leftwich, Henne, and Gabbert couldn't do it...Garrard throwing long wasn't his strong suit, but he was able to throw for 15 plus a few times a game
Leftwich was better than Bortles throwing downfield. Like Bortles he'd look for and find the deepest guy getting open, only he'd throw the deep ball with a perfect spiral and arc hitting the WR with touch and in stride. It's just his release took so long that defenders often got to him before he could get the ball off. With enough protection, Byron was one of the league's best deep ball passers.