Quote: My pre-season prediction for the Jaguars was even a little higher. I thought 6 or 7 wins was most likely and even thought there was a realistic scenario they would win 8 games. With 9 wins not out of the question if everything broke right. I didn't envision them to be 2-11. I was impressed by what I saw from a number of facets of the Jaguars in their pre-season games in Chicago and Detroit and it influenced my prediction for the team more than it should have.


Having said all of this, the question becomes how much of the problems are because of youth and/ or lack of talent and how much are because of coaching? One positive for the Jaguars is despite their youth, they have committed the least amount of penalties in the NFL through 13 games. But overall, at the very least a total evaluation needs to be made by Dave Caldwell.


If Gus Bradley is retained in 2015 and the team goes 5-11 or worse, Caldwell could easily be shown the door with Bradley. Yet, in the end, my gut feeling is Caldwell prefers to retain Bradley. Coaching staff changes likely will occur. More than anything though, I think the Jaguars are going to be major players in Free Agency. Expectations are going to be higher for the Jaguars from an ownership and front office perspective than they have been in a number of years. Noticeably better results will be expected. If they occur under Bradley, a contract extension might occur. If they don't occur, I can't imagine him being the team's HC in 2016.

I tend to agree with most of this post, although in most cases (not all) a GM usually gets a chance to hire 2 coaches especially if the talent is there. I have a feeling that this offseason Caldwell is going to attempt to bring in enough talent for Gus to show whether or not he's the guy and that the young players are developing enough for this team to win games. I think Caldwell's job hinges more on whether or not Bortles pans out. If the team is still losing next year but Bortles is shining Gus will probably be gone. If the team is getting blown out and Bortles is stinking it up, then there's a very good possibility both of them could be gone next year and once again we're back to square one.

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