Quote:This isn't limited to Gus Bradley.  Many coaches want balance.  You hear the same thing happening in Indi with Andrew Luck, in Tennessee with Mariota.  But you can't manufacture balance.  Going ball control (or the balance codeword) isn't the only answer to a quarterback being sacked too many times or making a lot of mistakes.  They went away from their strengths and now they are strong at nothing. Why not fix the defense and leave the offense alone.  That would have been better than this result.  Whatever they are doing is a mistake.  And when you say "they're" putting the cuffs on Bortles, who exactly is "they"?  My guess is this doesn't exclude coach Bradley.  

I tend to be of the mindset that Bradley has very little to do with the offensive play calling beyond getting the script for the walk through.  Beyond that, he's leaving the bulk of the offensive work to Olson and the offensive staff to craft.  He may have some input, but I doubt it's as involved as some people around here want to believe.

 

They've made it clear they want to be more of a power running team.  They have the backs to do this, but they're not scheming to make that happen, and when they do call the plays to take advantage, the line struggles to create lanes. 

 

I don't disagree that they went away from their strengths.  I said as much above.  Bortles is a guy who can make the big plays, and this is especially true with the weapons he has at his disposal.  But, you still have to set that up, and it requires a legitimate rushing attack.  Until they find that, he's going to be taking a beating similar to what he did last year and the year before, and I think that's starting to take it's toll on the guy physically and mentally. 

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