Quote:Gus has definitely been a major problem. So has Dave, Blake, and the majority of the roster. 

 

This is just patently false.

 

Yes, Gus is a problem.  Basically THE problem.

 

Blake has been a problem.  Is it him, or coaching, or what?  That's a question mark.  The last 2 seasons were so drastically different for him it's hard to say which is the REAL Bortles.

 

Dave... look, I get the weak argument.  He hired Gus.  At the time, it was widely accepted that it was a good move.  No one could realistically predicted or expected him to turn out to be the worst HC in NFL History.  No one.  Yes, he drafted Blake.  12 months ago, the story was how Blake Bortles was poised to be the next Superstar QB in the NFL.  Something happened.  We don't know for sure what, yet.  Next season (or at least offseason) will tell us what we need to know there.

 

No, Luke Joekel did not work out.  Again, when the pick was made, it was widely considered the correct pick.  You don't get to play revisionist history with drafts.  2013 wasn't a great draft, but most considered Luke a near-can't-miss.

 

Fowler hasn't been what we expected him to be.  Again, I don't know if this is coaching, talent, what it is.  The kid hasn't even played a full season, yet, so let's leave that "bust" argument at home.  Most DEs aren't great in their first year.

 

Ramsey... I mean.. come on, nothing needs said here.

 

People like to point at the FA "misses" over the last couple of years, forgetting that even those players who ended up being "bad" were STILL upgrades over the current personnel.  People like to forget what the roster looked like.  Parnell is a great example.  Obviously not good enough.  Was still an improvement.

 

Julius Thomas is a question mark as well.  Is he even being utilized correctly?  We've all seen it.  Countless TE passes in the flat, or behind the line, which is completely counter to his strength.  Why were we not sending him up the seam?  How reliable has his QB play been?  The 2nd half of last season, once he recovered from injury and got on the same page, he started making a pretty solid impact.  This year... no one is on offense.

 

Ivory, well... we know what our run blocking is, but you can see the flashes.  When he actually gets a bit of a lane, the explosiveness, the power, it's there.  No RB can be successful getting hit behind the line all the time.  Not since Barry retired, at least.

 

Mid-late round draft selections have performed well.  There's no such thing as a "miss" in the 6th and 7th round since many of those guys don't even make rosters, but Dave's been pretty solid drafting there.

 

If any of us had a Crystal Ball and could tell you exactly who in the draft was going to be a star and who would falter, we'd be very very rich...  We're not.  We're sitting here on a Football Team's Message Board pointing at hindsight asking "Why didn't you know what was going to happen!?'

 

As for retaining Gus... well... you gotta talk to Shad Khan about that.  I suspect there's a reason Dave's been missing lately... no reason to take the questions about firing Gus when the owner is the one who's decided to stick with him.

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