Quote:I don't like to sound like a broken record but that's just where this team was.


Let's that the defensive scheme. Usually a coach comes in and evaluates the roster. Then they identify the guys to build a system around. The issue with Gus' approach was that there was no players to build around when he came here. Well you still have to play so I feel he decided to implement a system rather than build around. I know Daryl Smith would have helped a little but can you truly build a system around a 31 year old linebacker.


Now the oline I can kind of see where the bad steps were taken but again what talent was on the o line to to build a scheme around? Monroe was solid but not dominant. We can argue is it was smart to trade him. I think there are cases on both sides but I'm not sure either can be definitively right.


Maybe this will take longer than 3 years. I never heard a time line so it's nothing set in stone. I really don't know anymore. I guess this is what resolve is. To you keep the course and see what happens in the end or do you blow it up because you haven't gotten instant result bmto begin with.



Since were in it I'll say let's just see it through. If it doesn't work in the next year or two then we all get to bad mouth Caldwell and be happy to do it all over again. At this point I'll exercise my hope as a fan because right now there is nothing left to defend or fight.


I can only hope it works out right.

 

that's fair enough.  of course we have to let it play out because blowing it up now is not an option.  We're a young team, and they need time to gel.

 

I can, however, disagree with the way Caldwell is going about this rebuild.  You can't go into a season with Chad Henne, Marcedes Lewis, Cecil Shorts, and Toby Gerhart your veteran playmakers that are responsible for putting points up.  Especially knowing Marcedes and Cecil can't stay healthy.  It is a laughable team on offense we're trotting out there, and only Bortles developing IN SPITE of Caldwell's ridiculous team will save their jobs and this franchise.

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