Quote:I'm with you.  He was originally on the list but I changed it to "position coaches".  In fact, he's one of the biggest head-scratchers in this whole mess.  Guys like this are supposed to make something out of nothing.  It seems more like he is making nothing out of something.

 

If Marrone is supposed to be the OL guru, we may want to look for another guru.  

 

Other than LG, that line is improved over last year.  He's got more talent to work with.  Joeckel was the weak spot, but serviceable on the line.  The rest of that line should be solid, but it's not showing any signs of real improvement.  You can't put that all on Joeckel.  They're simply not creating lanes for the running game.  Granted, opposing teams are just jamming up the box making it difficult, but that's where play calling should  come into play. 

 

I tend to think we've got adequate talent at the RB position to be a far better rushing attack than we are.  Between Ivory and Yeldon, we shouldn't have the 31st rushing attack in the league.  So, it comes down to lousy execution by the line, which is on Marrone, and lousy play calling from the sideline, which is on Olson. 

 

It doesn't help that Bortles is struggling this year.  I think that comes down to coaching as well.  I honestly think they've gotten in his head to keep the mistakes minimized.  The same kind of thing happened with Garrard, and he imploded.  We're seeing similar hesitation from Bortles where you can see him second guessing on plays.  The thing that made him effective last year was that he really just slung the ball around similar to how Favre did things.  Sometimes you win.  Sometimes you lose.  They've taken that gunslinger mentality and buried it.  They need to let that go.

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