Quote:I expected about 2-7 or 3-6 at this point this season as well.  The fact of the matter, IMO, is that the sheer number of rookies and stretches of poor QB play made that impossible.

 

 Could coaching have been better?  Abso-friggin-lutely.  My gripes:

 

I don't like that it took so long to give Denard more snaps.

I don't like that it took so long to make the O-line look remotely functional.

I don't like that special teams has become an issue when it was fine last year and the bottom of the roster is improved.

I don't like that Bradley apparently had to take hold of the reins on defense in an effort to keep offenses from exposing our zone coverage so frequently.

I don't like that Bradley had to learn some game management skills "on the job." 

I don't like running on 80% of the first downs in a game - including every time on the first six possessions.  ( I'm ALL about establishing the run, but we can do it without telegraphing how to stop us on first down a little better. )

 

There are issues with the staff IMO, but I think what has made the team suffer has been youth, inexperience and bad QB play. 

 

If Bortles puts the work in and we can shore up FS and LB,  I think the team and the coaches look a hell of a lot better next season. 

 

 

That that [BLEEP] I don't like.

 

Good list though.  On your last point, I think Jedd wants this offense to be mostly you know what is coming but can't stop it with some trickery mixed in.  He doesn't want the balance to fall too heavy into the latter.  

 

With so many young players on the offense they can't consistently win one on one.  Players get better each year by winning their one on one match ups and playing within the system.  We want the second and third year leaps halfway through most of the offense's first year.

 

I mean, who on the offense other than Shorts and Beadles have started 16 games prior to this season?

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