In the NFL at the head coaching level you have to be showing progress in the win column in order to retain your services or have a legit reason as to why your mission failed.  In the case of Gus Bradley and GM Dave Caldwell they came together and said the team is going to rebuild almost the entire roster.  That gave them the first and even second year as an excuse but going into the third season the fans are really hoping for an at least .500 year which is totally reasonable for a third year head coach in the NFL.  Its not like the fans or media are screaming SuperBowl or fire Gus, they simply want to not be the laughing stock of the NFL.  They dont want late night talk show hosts making jokes about how many college teams could beat them and pee in their pools.


We want basically hope, we want to see the young guys that they drafted progressing into the players that they said they were going to be combined with improvement in stats (cant always be the leagues worst defense & offense get to be at least the top 10 in one for example if you are going to pull out only 3 wins for the season give us something to take pride in)....

 

I think Gus Bradley can do it this year, even without Fowler Jr but if he doesnt I would expect if nothing else the threads, debates on NFL and other media about him possibly losing his job.

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