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Your premise that a one year statistical regression is automatically and solely attributable to suddenly obsolete coaching methods is, frankly, a logical leap akin to broad jumping the Grand Canyon.


While I have not been on the Jaguars practice field to confirm this, I seriously doubt Sullivan's coaching methods changed much from 2015, when the receivers were statistically flourishing, to 2016, when the receivers statistically regressed. I know the rules of the NFL did not change in such a dramatic fashion in that time to render long established coaching methods obsolete. Would you care to elaborate on any specific coaching methods he has employed that are obsolete and why they are obsolete now? Why were presumably these same methods so successful in 2015?


Your premise falls apart when you examine Marquise Lee's stats.


While Hurns and Robinson had statistical regression last year (the reasons for which I will address later), Marqise Lee had a career best year receiving. To what do you attribute this? Presumably he received the same coaching as Hurns and Robinson under Sullivan. But perhaps you have information showing Sullivan employed effective, modern coaching methods with Lee that he neglected to utilize with Robinson and Hurns. If so, we'd all welcome the enlightenment.


I submit the statistical regression of AR15 and Hurns is attributable to far more than Sullivan's coaching methods. Hurns missed five games last year, (opposed to missing only one in 2015) which alone accounts for his drop in production. Robinson did not have injury to account for his drop in production. But a receiver can only be as productive as the QB getting him the ball. Bortles was clearly NOT the same guy we saw in his rookie year or 2015. Furthermore, opposing coaches had a year to see how the Jaguars utilized their receivers and adjusted their schemes accordingly. AR15 saw more press and double coverage, which would, generally speaking, result in fewer passes thrown his way. Olsen did not counteract this by moving AR 15 around the formation. This did not happen until Marrone became interim coach. Robinson's last two games were far more productive.