Quote:Cyprien blowing his coverage? Joeckel not pass blocking well? Gratz getting crushed every play? They're not rookies but they keep making the same mistake over and over again. Bortles regressing throughout the year rather than improving?

 

The problem I would say is not the players but the coaching on this team.

 

I give Joeckel a little more leniency than the other two and I don't think Blake's played enough games to label it "regressing" (that's probably more a matter of semantics), but overall, I agree. I haven't been impressed with this coaching staff.

 

Quote:Nobody is saying to master anything. I think you can be competent though.

 

I think the rookies could look competent, if we were only starting a couple of them and they had quality vets around them. Robinson and Hurns have looked competent. I think Hurns would look more competent on a veteran offense. Linder and Bowonko have looked competent and I think they would look even moreso if they were playing next to better "veterans" than Joeckel, Beadles, and whoever we happen to trot out at RT. I think Lee would probably be having troubles on any team, though he'd probably look better in Denver or NE. And I think if Bortles had walked into a Wilson or Rodgers situation, he wouldn't be in this discussion either. But when you trot them all out together and can't get any reliable help from your quality vet WR and your "quality" vet TE, it's going to be ugly.

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