Quote:Jacksonville Jaguars

 

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This one is simple. The Jaguars finished dead last in points and were second to last in passing offense and total offense. Despite those statistics being bad enough to get someone fired, I think the Jaguars will regret parting ways with offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch. Fisch is one of the great young offensive minds in this game, and to say he had his hands full with this offense would be the understatement of the year. The Jaguars were starting a rookie quarterback (Blake Bortles) who was handing off to a second-year running back who was a college quarterback (Denard Robinson) and throwing to a receiving corps that included three rookies. To blow up the entire offensive foundation in the biggest year for growth for all these players is a mistake. Now Jacksonville must start from scratch. Yes, the Jags will be a year more mature, but they'll also have to learn another new playbook.

And it's not like the defensive statistics were any better. The Jaguars finished 26th in scoring and total defense and ranked 27th against the run despite playing in a division (the AFC South) that also includes the Titans and Texans, two teams that were hardly offensive powerhouses.

Jacksonville is facing a steep uphill climb.

 

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000...eason-work

 

I do agree that Fisch was put into a no win situation

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I view the situation with Fisch as a 'fumble' by the HC and GM. With a fully gutted team and building from the bottom up, I have a hard time seeing the wisdom in bringing a rookie NFL OC here. It's one thing to have a high percentage of rookies on your roster, but to also have a rookie HC and OC at the same time? That was asking for trouble from the get go!

 

Secondly, getting rid of Fisch did not (imho) make good football sense because now your second year players are back at 'square one' and having to learn a new play book all over again. I have to think that there was more to Fisch getting sacked than we've been told. The bottom line is that there is little reason to expect our offense to perform substantially better than they did last season (albeit they have one year of experience now) since they're now having to learn a new play book... again. They were already challenged by their inexperience, so why double up on that and also make them have to start over with a new OC?

 

I'm not particularly a fan of Billick, but I have to agree with him on most of what he said.

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