Quote:You would think Dave and his pro personnel people met with the offensive coaching staff prior to signing Julius to discuss scheme fits etc...this is a logical assumption. The question is did Oley defiantly decide not to use Julius in the way discussed? For the life of me I can't figure out why they haven't used Julius as a guy that stretches the seams, he's a straight line athlete, Denver also used him in that manner. Either it was discussed prior to signing him, and Oley inexplicably defied, or it was never discussed with the offensive coaching staff prior to his signing. Either way it doesn't look good, the fact that they also allowed him to clearly get out of shape is bad mark on the previous regime as well, moving forward I can't see anything like this happening under Toms watch.

 

Whatever understanding there was (or wasn't) between Caldwell and the coaches on Thomas' strengths  -- they were rarely used. 

Some of that is just Blake's inaccuracy. Especially early in 2016.  They did send Thomas on some "straight-line" type routes. There was a beautiful TD to him in the GB game this way. The problem came when they tried to do it again. Bortles was consistently way off target. Often overthrowing him. 

 

In 2015 they actually made some good use of him around the goal line, but Blake's accuracy was still a factor as was Thomas' health. 

 

Nonetheless - they did not scheme him into the offense effectively enough  and Blake didn't get him the ball accurately. 

 

One can blame Olson, Caldwell, Blake, or Thomas all they like.  I think there's enough to go around. 

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