Quote:Nope sorry, that doesn't wash.  The coaches can coach but they can't change a player's experience level.  That only comes with time. Hey, if Bortles was playing against all rookie defenses all the time he would look like a world beater *regardless* of who the defensive coordinators were, but he's not.  He's playing against experienced, veteran defenses in most cases.  Jags are the youngest offense in the league and may be the youngest starting offense in history although I'd have to research that.  I know they have more starting rookies than anyone's had in a long time.

 

It's Jimmy's and Joe's, not X's and O's.

 

Well, theres plenty of examples in the annals of NFL history to discredit that last sentence. If it was all players then guys like Chip Kelly wouldn't be paid 7 MIL per year before he even won 1 NFL game, and teams like Miami wouldn't be offering Jim Harbaugh 7 MIL per (4 years ago). I'd never say that coaching can win superbowls without the top talent, but you could also cite the same thing in reverse as there has been many very good, talented teams that have underachieved because coaching was lacking. 

 

You cite that opposing coaches caught up to what Blake was doing, yet give our coaching a pass for not countering at that point or failure in their counter at that point. 

 

When Blake Bortles resembles Chad Henne the more time that passes. You have a problem with the development. Thats not on the opposing coaches - that on our own. Chad Henne even regressed the more he was under Fisch's watch. When Henne first started he had that breakout game with Blackmon. It more or less steadily regressed all the way to what you saw in Washington this year. Now, I'm not saying Henne is anything great to begin with, but when both QB trend to pretty much arrive at the same type of QB, you don't have a QB problem you have a development problem. 2 different QB, one OC, same result. 

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