Quote:I don't think our "highly-regarded" OC should go after this year. Don't get me wrong, he's had some bad plays called but you just can't do much when your offensive "line" isn't protecting your QB. Fake punt gone for 19 yards? Ignore the play, he sucks. Bortles roll out? Don't care. WR Screen blown up because nobody can block? That's totally his fault! Geez, you guys need to chill.

I respectfully disagree. While Fisch cannot go out there and play himself and it is up to the OL to do their jobs........when Fisch can clearly see that they are being manhandled, calling for Bortles to run a play with straight dropback passing is a HUGE mistake on Fisch. He IS responsible for making adjustments to what defenses are doing and he didn't even come close to accomplishing that. Bortles strong suit is running around back there, but NOT running for his life. Fisch should have been calling for quick pass and run routes or roll out passing so he wasn't such an easy target for their DL. Downfield passing ONLY works when your line is protecting you long enough for the receivers to run their routes and get open. Example: ever notice how much of the time Tom Brady sits back in the pocket and cherry picks? There's a reason he's able to do that. When you have an OL as bad as ours, the only anecdote for that is snappy quick slant ins or rollouts and Fisch called very few of those kinds of plays. This is why I respectfully disagree with your comment on why Fisch should not go. A really good OC is one who can "adjust" to what defenses are throwing at you and Fisch has proven over and over he's NOT good at it.

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