Quote:I just listened to Jaguars Monday , and Prisco mentioned something interesting.  A lot of us assumed the Jaguars are being built in the mold of the Seahawks.  But are they?  And should they?  

 

Prisco sees Bortles' upside as being higher than Russel Wilson and that the Jaguars should be building around him and not around a defense/running game.  What I think he means is basically draft offense based around the passing game, and draft defense based on having a lead and defending the pass, and retain players with those same principals.  

 

Which leads me to Caldwell.  His history is generally of offensive teams built around franchise quarterbacks.  He has no ties to Seattle and the way their team was built, so why would that be his model in the first place?  I don't think Caldwell is trying to build another Seattle Seahawks.  I think he's building the team based on Colts/Hawks model. 

 

So why hire a defensive-minded coach?  My theory is that he expects to have more talent on the offensive side, and expects his quarterback to almost be the coach of the offense, and expects to retain players based moreso on the passing game.  Having a defensive minded coach (if that's even a thing) makes sense when your team is built so that that side of the ball will need the most coaching.  In other words someone who can keep developing cheap talent (which is what he's done in Seattle).

 

<span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#222222;font-size:10.5pt;">I think the Jaguars offense is being built in Atlanta's likeness, Blake Bortles is Matt Ryan (albeit with a much higher upside), Marqise Lee is Roddy White and Allen Robinson is Julio Jones. You can also reference Indianapolis (when David Caldwell was there), they had a franchise QB with two dynamic receivers as well (Marvin Harrison & Reggie Wayne), once the offense is fully built I expect it to look nothing like Seattle's.</span>

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