(06-15-2017, 06:43 PM)KYjaggy Wrote: If Marrone's philosophy ended at being overtly structured and disciplined that would be great. The comments about the passing attempts going down, hopefully to zero even, are scary even if said tongue in cheek.

I think we are embarking on a mission to become an MJD/Garrard or more recently Texans/Bengalsesque team where we hope to run/defend our way into enough wins to squeak into the playoffs and then get walloped by a legitimate Super Bowl contender with a franchise QB.

Unless you have a franchise QB, there's no other course to take. Trying to act like we have a franchise QB, when we don't have one, trying to build the team around Blake Bortles, so far has been an abysmal failure.

I like the approach Dallas took. They built the rest of the team to the point where they could put a rookie QB in there and he would have a really easy time because he didn't have to carry the team.

Building our running game and our defense is a tremendous approach because if Blake fails this year, and we draft a new QB next year, the guy won't have to carry the team.

And besides, it sounds like you think building the defense and the running game means we can't keep trying to get a franchise QB. These are not mutually exclusive tasks.

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