Quote:I'd say 21 games is enough "patience" for me regarding the Gus issue. 

 

4-17 with a 31st and 32nd ranking in defense/ offense, respectively. 

 

 

I agree that Bortles wasn't anything like Henne......until the last 6 Q of football. He even had a pass batted down at the LOS last week, for good measure in the Henne impersonation.

 

Sorry dude, I do have eyes, and I can see that this offense since the half of the Charger game has been night and day different that what preceded it with Bortles at the helm. The offense the last six quarters looks very much like the offense the first 2.5 games of this regular season. 

 

I'm not blaming Blake, so I don't know if you're getting defensive about that - my beef is with the [BAD WORD REMOVED] Offensive Coordinator that isn't letting Blake be Blake and calling plays that jive with Blake's strengths. (which he was doing up to that point). 

I'd agree with you on this if we weren't within a full rebuild. All those "rebuilds" we had in previous years, weren't really rebuilds. We are going through a true rebuild. So expectations have to be really low (unfortunately) right now. I'm not saying Bradley is not at fault for the what seems like regression of the team. But I think the regression is part of the process. We had so many changes every off season last year and this year. It will take time. Time is something none of us really want to give; but what else can we do. We can't expect them to pull talent out of the air. And some of the FA signings are turning out badly right now. But luckily they signed them intelligently and can cut them without huge impacts to salary cap.  

 

Also, with regards to limiting Blake. I think part of that is the rookie WRs we are playing. Think about our WR situation. Lee (hurt) = Rookie; Robinson = Rookie; Hurns = Rookie; Shorts (always hurt) = non-existant; Sanders = 2nd year (almost rookie); Brown = 3rd year (I think right? 2012?). Our WRs are very inexperienced. So the play calling and routes are severely limited for them and Bortles. This was already discussed by Bradley after I think it was Game 1 or 2 when Lee disappeared (maybe it was in the preseason, can't remember exactly).

 

Our offense is severely inexperienced. Defense is really just about jelling and trusting everyone. Remember, a lot of new faces there too. I'm not throwing the excuse train by any means. But we need to take a step back and realize what kind of shape we are in personnel wise. This will take time, unfortunately...

 

GO JAGS!!

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