(08-18-2017, 07:12 PM)TealHammer Wrote:

(08-18-2017, 05:44 PM)FBT Wrote: Since when do position coaches make personnel acquisition decisions?  They coach the bodies they're given.  If the talent isn't there, it's difficult to magically transform guys into all pro linemen.

I was under the impression that Marrone was our Head Coach this year. After having two years of being the o line coach. He is as familiar with the skills (or lack thereof) of the Jag linemen as anyone else on the face of the planet coming into the 2017 offseason. 

IF we should have made a serious overhaul of the line (and to most observers that looked necessary after last season and sure did last night), then Marrone deserves blame. Cause I guarantee that Caldwell and Coughlin asked Marrone what he thought of the existing talent at the o line. If he said, "it's awful and if we are going to be a run first team, it has to be a strength so we need improvements" you would have seen a single real addition at guard or center. Everyone and their momma was saying "Jags don't have a LG on the roster" at the end of last season.  And then we don't fix that. The Jag media then explained after zero moves to the interior that Jags were basically smugly sure the o line talent was much better than the stupid fans thought. I'm pretty sure our former o line HC was behind this talk. 

IMO, our entire front office crapped the bed by not addressing the interior of our o line OR the QB spot in the offseason.

Little/no competition on the O-line.  No competition at Kicker.  No talent brought in at QB to provide competition.  

We have a ton of cap space.  Lots of quality O-linemen available in free agency.  We had opportunities to pick up the talent and passed.  

There is a reason we have the worst record in the NFL over the past 5 years; we lack talent in the front office and coaching staff.

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