(12-20-2024, 12:28 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(12-20-2024, 11:47 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: But, for example, that isn't what happened in either of the jags/tinhorn games this year. it didn't happen against Miami, Cleveland, the vikings or packers, and it didn't happen in the jests game last week. All of those games were close one score games right up until the end. Yeah, the were dog [BLEEP] in the bills, loins, and bares games, but the rest of the time, even with this trash team, they are playing hard competitive football against teams that are just a bit better. Close doesn't count on the schedule, but it matters greatly in organizational direction.

I think if you're a rebuilding team, yes.

But not when you should be a division winner and the owner says this is the most talented team they've ever had.

This team has gotten worse the last 2 years. The defense has fallen off a cliff and the offense is stale. They look better recently because they are playing the worst teams in the NFL.

It's time to completely move on.

Hard to argue against this as well. That's a fact. Khan did go out earlier in the year and plainly state this. This is why, again, trying to be fair to both sides of the coin with practical sense. You either, keep both and demand significant changes amongst the coaching staff and personnel department, or, you hire an EVP with complete control and final say over both departments to oversee the two of them and go from there in 2025 and beyond. 

With all of that said, I still favor the other side of the coin. I don't trust Baalke's approach to building a football team, it seems that he has it backwards in my opinion, and, I don't trust Pederson's judgement and abilities in identifying and hiring the right defensive minded coach to clearly mask his overwhelmingly glaring weakness as a coach in general. 

He's stale on offense. We can argue play call this, play call that, when you look back on the talent he had with the Eagles, outside of that one year where he had a great run with Foles, he's been an average coach that hovers around .500. He's turned into a modern day Brian Billick for me personally. Caught lightning once and he's been chasing that thunder ever since. I just don't see him repeating that same type of season here in Jacksonville.

And, I get it. This franchise went through the last 24 years with 2 random AFC Championship game appearances and a total of 4 combined play off runs. It's been tough. Really tough. We're essentially stuck as a fanbase, because, we went from an average coach like Jack Del Rio, who could do enough to give you some hope, we let him fester around a little too long and paid the price for it, and then, we got it wrong with Mularkey and Bradley, caught a brief moment of hope with Coughlin/Marrone and then we botched it with Meyer and caught yet another brief moment of hope with Pederson.

I get it. For me, it boils down to the coaching candidates. If you feel, which I do, that, you can get a little bit more out of this offense and Lawrence with a fresher take on today's NFL offense, such as from a coach like Ben Johnson, Joe Brady or Kellen Moore? You take that shot now while you can and then hopefully those guys can figure out the defense with a good enough hiring cycle and staff put in place. 

This defense has been atrocious at times, but, even going back to last year and since the day Pederson was hired. My expectations were ALWAYS higher for this offense and I expected them to step up, outshine and take control of football games when the defense couldn't do it. Because that's what Pederson's background is. That's not been the case enough for me to continue down this path with him personally.

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