(03-12-2019, 01:35 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(03-12-2019, 01:29 PM)JAGFAN88 Wrote: Well at least Zimmer believed in the forward pass

Zimmer wanted to power run with a crappy interior O-Line. 

DeFilippo wanted to run quick release passes to counter the O-Line issues. 

From Sports Illustrated:

It was just a bad marriage, and as is so often the case, it was no one’s fault, really. Mike Zimmer, a defensive-minded head coach, wanted to run the ball. His new offensive coordinator, John DeFilippo, a young and innovative aerial designer, wanted to throw it. This appeared to create at least a subtle tension early in the season, which grew and became public as losses piled up.

DeFilippo’s reasoning for a pass-heavy approach made sense. Minnesota’s weak interior O-line struggles to get movement on the ground. Instead of ramming it inside, why not feature quicker throws underneath and to the perimeter, where star receivers Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs, and even tailback Dalvin Cook, thrive?

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Do you think DeFilippo was brought to Jacksonville after such a disagreement only to have the same one with the guy who hired him?  

No. He was brought in because he's good at running an offense that can take advantage of Foles' skillset and not HAVE TO depend so desperately on the run.

No i think the guy who hired him is a run run run and run some more guy who does not know how to utilize the players he has. I have stated as much many times. I think the coaches cost us more games then the players and that they all should have been fired after the AFCCG. I dont think they would know a forward pass ifn it hit them in the back of the head.

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