Barring an 0-10 disaster of a start in which the team is consistently losing by 30, Bradley will not be fired during the season. Marrone was not brought in to be his replacement; he was brought in the coach to offensive line. If you think that your coach is going to need to be replaced, you don't hire an assistant coach with an eye towards him filling that role midseason. You hire a new head coach.

 

Nothing short of a complete disaster where the team only wins 4-5 games and is routinely blown out will get Bradley fired imo. My feeling is that this is the first year that he's had enough talent to be expected to win 6-8 games and remain competitive in most of the others, and he's got a leash that extends at least through 2016 as a result.

 

As long as Caldwell doesn't punch a baby or insult the 'stache, he's not going anywhere. He's taken a slow, methodical approach to rebuilding the train wreck he inherited. The only real black mark on his record right now is Joeckel. He hasn't mortgaged the franchise for a big-name free agent that failed miserably (Gerhart was comparatively low-cost), and he's made some real finds in the middle and later rounds to balance it out.

 

Bortles will be in Jacksonville in 2016 no matter what. 2015 was supposed to be his "rookie" season as the team's starter, but Henne's failures changed those plans. He'll be expected to show progress this year, but regardless of what happens, I think the worst-case scenario for Bortles would be that the Jags sign a veteran borderline starter next offseason to push him. I definitely don't see Caldwell spending another high draft pick on a QB.

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