Quote:Bradley is a coach in the vein of Mularkey so far. People are positive about him because he's still new, but in reality he basically replicated Mularkey's performance from 2012. Four wins with two of them coming against a tanking texans team that will be kicking our butts again in 2014 don't give me a warm fuzzy feeling, and his staff failed to develop Gabbert.

 

If he were a difference making coach the team would have likely made Gabbert at least appear average and won at least a couple of more games than it did.

 

So while I don't want to come across as accusing him of being a guy that will never be successful it's clear that he's just another coach who will require an elite level QB to carry him instead of the other way around.

 

I agree with a lot of this sentiment. 

 

And even more so, I look at the meat of your point above - but I affix it to the defense, since Bradley's area of "expertise" comes from the defensive side of the ball...

 

Did the defense overachieve this season? I don't see that at all. They gave up a team record 450 points. 

 

I think if Bradley was headed to be a real "difference making" coach, I think you would have seen a clear overachievement by the defense as a whole. That doesn't necessarily mean we would have seen more than 4 wins....but that 450 number would have been closer to say - 375, which would illustrate closer games, and better defense overall. 

 

There really wasn't that "statement" game by this team this season that so many of the new coaches get at least ONE of as rookie coaches. Even Del Rio had one when his 1-7 Jags beat a pretty good Colts team his rookie year....and we all know I don't think much of JDR....

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