Quote:Nobody is saying the roster wasn't bad by NFL standards, but was it really 5-11 bad considering all the breaks the Jags got last season, including playing in the dreadfully awful AFCS and getting a Jags record 35 TD passes, having 2 WRs over 1000 yds AND scoring the most points in the division?

 

He didn't really have to "improve" the contribution of the roster as much as find a way to stop a couple of rookie QBs and a few journeymen QBs from looking like all pro Qbs, especially on 3rd downs. Just a couple/3 more wins would have made a huge difference in how last season was perceived. 7-9 would look so much better right now then 5-11 does.

 

Also, anyone who has eyes can see that the defense is way the worst side of the Jag's football team, why did he keep putting them on the field first when he actually won the coin flip?

 

I just want to point out two things here and then I'll probably dip out of the conversation, but I do think they are applicable.

 

The first is that the Jacksonville Defense had a fatal flaw in that they could not rush the passer. What I mean by fatal flaw is that it was a weak point that if exploited, it would result in big gains for the opposition. It's akin to when a Defense can't stop the run, or when an Offense can't block a pass rusher (See Carolina, Superb Owl 50), the only thing that I believe can be done to fix the flaw is to overhaul the talent at the position. I don't think scheme or adjustments will have any success. If Jacksonville could have had even a modicum of consistency at the Pass Rusher spot, I think they get those three wins to which you're alluding (see the Indianapolis win this season).

 

Secondly, when you have a weak Defense, why not carry the logic out that states you're going to need to score a lot and what that implies? To me, it means that you're going to need to have the ball more and Second Half possessions are more important that First Half possessions, especially if you can rig the game so that you get back-to-back possessions going from the end of the First Half to the beginning of the Second. I have no problem in deferring so that you get the ball first in the Second Half, that makes sense to me.

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