Quote:My impression of today's game and the season for that matter was summed up by one of the announcers (Sims I believe) who stated and I paraphrase: The Jaguars coaching staff refuses to alter their game plan to match the personnel they have and going with their strengths instead they stay with their philosophy even though they don't have the personnel to run it.

 

The best and most honest analogy I have heard yet when it comes to evaluating the Bradley philosophy of "trusting the process".  At this point in his tenure he needs to re-evaluate his thought process IMHO.

Mine was summed up by two plays:

 

First was 3rd and 11 for the tacks on their own 35 with 4 minutes to go, score is 42-39. A stop here would mean getting the ball back with 3:50 to go and two timeouts, plenty of time for Bortles to get a TD or at least a FG. What do the coaches do? Bring three rushers, drop everyone else into coverage. Result was a pass to Walker for 16 yards. Now we have to burn three timeouts while the tacks take another minute off the clock.

 

Second was on the next Jaguars drive; 4th and 5 on the Jags 11 yard line. The tacks bring the house, at least two blitzers, maybe even three. Result; sack, turnover on downs and essentially the end of the game.

 

The difference in playcalling between these two similar plays and the results of said playcalling are exactly why I have lost faith in the coaching staff on the defensive side. Sure, part of the reason for the defensive woes is a lack of talent but to drop eight guys into coverage on a critical play when Mariota has been tearing the secondary to shreds every time he's had time to throw shows a lack of awareness on the part of the coaches which is unacceptable.

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