(06-09-2017, 06:55 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(06-09-2017, 01:42 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Well yeah, but this just provides additional confirmation last year it was coaching, not talent, that was the primary cause for the disastrous record.

I didn't think you were on the "give Blake a pass for last year" bandwagon, but this comment suggests otherwise.  The talent at the QB position trumps the talent on the rest of the roster.  If Blake was mediocre last year we contend for the division and I find it pretty hard to believe he was coached to perform as poorly as he did last year.  Wasn't the same staff here the year before when he supposedly had his "great" season, as some call it, in 2015?  

The primary cause was Blake.  Sub-par coaching contributed sure, lack of turnovers on the defensive side contributed sure, lack of running game for most of the season contributed sure, but Blake's regression was the primary cause and I'm not sure how we can without a doubt pin that on coaching given the same staff was here the year before and there was clear evidence of progression on the defensive side of the ball in 2016 as well.

I don't know that I've seen anyone on the message board give Bortles a pass, just that some people think he can be better than he was, and some that don't. However, I think the worst part of your post is that you seem to think that only Blake was to blame, when the texans got worse QB play and won 9 games and a playoffs game.

Bortles wasn't as good as he could have been, but he was not the disaster some people seem to think. He was just a part of the failing of the team. It didn't help that often when he played well enough to win the defense made up for it and let the other team come back. Same thing with special teams and fumbles. Ivory was a fumbling machine, and his fumbles killed momentum in multiple games.

The team was clearly talented, but never had a good game plan and always seemed to have major mental lapses last year. I attribute it all to coaching.

8-8 should be considered the floor for this season if Bortles is an average QB like he was last year. (and that's what he was last year, an average QB)

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