I hate to say it, but my crystal ball predicts a loss against the Titans. Our pass defense is too weak, and Mariotta is developing too quickly, so I see him having a breakout game. Our red zone issues will continue and we'll have trouble running the ball. Bortles will one day become an excellent QB, but his development seems to be much slower than Mariotta's.


Every week I read posts which expose our opponents' weaknesses...........and each week the team fails to exploit those weaknesses. So, the fact that such and such team has a weak run defense, or the fact that they have lots of injuries, or the fact that they've lost 11 straight at home........it doesn't matter. We end up improving the stats of second string QB's, improving the run defense stats of a "weak" run defense team, getting zero turnovers from a turnover-prone team, getting no sacks from a "porous" offensive line, while getting sacked by a defense which is in the bottom 5 in sacks.


Sorry, maybe next year.

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