Quote:The_Franchise_QBEven if we had a QB who could dissect defenses, I am not confident Marrone is the HC to use a QB as such in the right way. He would still want to run the ball even if he had Brees. I think what we saw was a team ran by a elementary school teacher that got replaced by a HS teacher. All of a sudden we want to crown Marrone a god, because we were used to the ice cream guy. He called some trick special teams plays yeah, great. I don't like his run run run coaching style, and damnit going conservative when it matters means a lot. The book is out on Marrone so this year he ain't catching up on anyone. I'm not a fan, but I am hoping I am proven wrong.

I don't want to turn this into a Marrone thread.  Barring Marrone suddenly developing health problems that preclude him from coaching or some sort of egregious personal scandal, Marrone isn't going anywhere.  Even if you took away the team's 7 defensive TDs and the punt return, the team still ends up finishing 11th-12th in scoring using his same philosophy, in giving the Jaguars their first winning season in ten years, and their first appearance in the Conference championship game in seventeen.  They aren't going to dump Marrone after that-especially at this late stage.  Besides, dumping Marrone to get an 8th guy out of the box and to get Fournette an extra half yard is dumb.

However, your post raises questions.

How much of that conservative approach is due to a genuine belief in that philosophy, and how much of that is due to a lack of faith in the offensive personnel, specifically in the passing game?  This was a team that apparently was not confident in Bortles, based upon his benching in preseason.  This was a team that did not have its top WR.  Allen Robinson missed the season with a knee injury.  Due to lesser injuries, the team was forced to play  a substantial portion of the late season with two rookies (a 4th round pick and an UDFA) and a street free agent.   But even with his philosophy, this team still wound up putting up 30 against a pretty good Seattle defense, and 45 against a pretty good Steelers defense (31 if you take away the defensive scores/point blank field position).  Again, taking away the defensive scores, the team still is in the top third or so in the league in scoring.

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