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Caldrac · 01-18-2023, 11:00 AM

(01-18-2023, 10:51 AM)carp8dm Wrote:
(01-18-2023, 10:40 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: He politely handed Bosa his helmet back which he then proceeded to slam to the ground again and then Staley did not immediately get in his face and tell him to sit his [BLEEP] down as he should have. Not a good look.

It’s tough being the “boss” of people who many of whom make significantly more than you, but you have to assert yourself in that type of situation or any time your team is in a pickle and a guy or guys are losing their [BLEEP], you’re never gonna fight your way out of it. You’re going to implode just like they did.

You can tell Staley never built that type of trust with his players during the season. Bosa lost his [BLEEP] because the entire season was an uncontrolled ride of emotion and reaction.

Then, you look at how Pederson runs the team. There's a constant message, every week there is a message regarding how to handle situations. So when the [BLEEP] hits the fan for the Jaguars, players have a mental solution to those situations. Instead of reacting emotionally, they can react intellectually.

I'm not sure Pederson understands that what he does is a PhD masterclass of how to psychologically address stress in a physically strenuous setting... But damn, it's exactly what he does.

I knew we were going to win this game. Not before the halftime TD. It was right after Lawrence audibled and hit Zay Jones quickly to cut the score down from 30 to 20. I knew it. I [BLEEP] knew it.

The biggest tell? Justin Herbert's face and reaction on the sideline. You could see it. The concern. The anxiousness. The fear. Even when I looked at Lawrence [BLEEP] up the way he did in the 1st half. He was stoic. Sure, he would get frustrated looking at the tablet and realized, "Yep. I [BLEEP] up."

You just didn't see anybody on that sideline of ours cave into pressure. That's exceptional man. They've done it all year. Week after week. They had to lose close games earlier in the season to learn how to win close games down the stretch when the [BLEEP] really mattered and the play off picture began to take shape.

Credit to Doug. Credit to Trevor. Credit to everybody else buying into this and going with the flow.

"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."