Quote:Well, yeah...  The D is obviously gonna be the beast of the AFC.

 

As for the excuse of "rookies on offense", I'm over that.  I can't let that excuse exist anymore.  We're in week 9 now.  If they can't figure it out, then get them out.

 

Our D has youth as well, but they are making leaps and bounds while the offense is the same it's been since week 1.  I can understand giving the offense a pass because of inexperience if/when they make mistakes here and there.  But this isn't that.  The offense is inept.  It's not the rookies that are the issue.  It's the scheme and the play calling, along with the QB which the OC has no confidence in.

 

 

The offense is a dumpster fire and having rookies is not the issue at all.

 

Also, I'm sure ST's is an easy fix, if you have a good coaching staff.  But the issues on STs should have been addressed already, and yet here we are, watching them pee the bed for yet another week.

 

At some point, accountability must be recognized at the coaching level.  Cutting players is one thing.  Now it's time to cull management.

OK. I am definitely willing to be more patient than 9 games with the rookies starting on offense, so we'll agree to disagree there. I still think that "excuse" is valid. No biggie. You're obviously not the only one to disagree. 

 

I didn't love some of Fisch's play calling in the first half today, but I don't feel certain about  judging his overall performance with a QB that throws so many passes to the wrong team.  I tend to think this offense looks a lot better as the rookies mature, the line continues to stabilize and most importantly the QB starts to make better decisions with the football. 

I intend to dig into the all22 footage this Wednesday and find some examples of plays that Bortles missed today. (Open receivers he didn't look to when able to do so) 

 

The coaching hasn't been good at times, and I would not be shocked by a small shake-up at coordinator or a position coach or two. We'll see.  They've got a few weeks to fix it. 

 

When you say "cull management" - what do you mean exactly? 

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