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MalabarJag · 09-10-2019, 10:20 PM

(09-10-2019, 08:55 PM)Bullseye Wrote: 1. He brought in the coaches that blew the AFCCG, but he also brought in the coaches that got us there in the first place.

2. I don't see how you tie Posluszny's retirement to FO arrogance. First, Poz had been in the league some ten years at a very physically demanding position. He knew when he had enough. When he retired, he didn't try to sign elsewhere. He said he couldn't play at a high enough level any more. Furthermore, Caldwell had just drafted Jack in 2016. After Bradley had him languishing n the bench in Jack's rookie year, the team had to get Jack some playing time. Not only was Jack not well suited at SAM, either he was going to continue to languish on the bench on most downs, but if he got playing time in nickel, it was going to be at Poz's expense. Telvin Smith was too athletic and made too many plays to take him out.

3. I disagreed with the Bortles extension, though I understood the rationale behind it. But when that decision was made, TC was his new superior. In plenty of interviews on the subject, TC was emphatic in his arguments defending the Bortles extension. While Bortles was Caldwell's pick, it's possible (I don't know for sure) that TC was the driving force behind the Bortles extension.

4. Last year's collapse was unfortunate and ultimately attributable mostly to the injuries along the offensive line. Everything points to that. Not sure what Caldwell could have done to prevent the team being down 4 out of 5 starting OLs and being down to the 4th LT (who was a RT on another team at the start of the season) by season's end.

1. The 2017 defense had Pro Bowl quality starters at every position. One could argue that a better DC than Wash could have made the 2017 Jags defense into the all-time greatest. We're still suck with the Gus-style defense. Still, the worst coaching in the AFCCG was on the offensive side in the 4th quarter.

2. Agree. While the Jags may have encouraged the decision, the retirement was Poz's choice. There's no indication that the Jags could have kept him if they wanted to.

3. Let me add that the Jags did NOT invoke the 5th year clause for Bortles. At the beginning of 2017 they were not convinced he would ever become a franchise QB. Bortles play in December 2017 and January 2018 was as good as just about any QB in the NFL at the time, yet based on the relatively low salary and escape structure after two years I doubt the Jags were 100% sold on Bortles even then. And the Fournette pick was blatantly Coughlin's, although I'd guess that the Jags wouldn't have picked a QB in any case.

4. Exactly. Wells was a solid backup. Shatley was a solid backup. That's two good backups who together cover all five positions on the OL in case of injury. You can't expect the 7th - 10th backups to be any more than development guys, and Marrone (a former highly-regarded OL coach) would have the most say on the bottom of the roster.

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