Quote:Preach my brother but let him tell it's Blake's fault when all I've been trying to say is a lot of things on this team has gone wrong including him. I blame everything on the coaching because Gus Bradley set up a losing environment where winning did not matter at all.

 

Where did I say in this thread it's all Bortles fault? You gotta chill dude you're acting like you're Blake's mom the way you get on people about him on here. 

 

Quote:Agreed, but if Bortles ever (in his entire career here so far) had any source of a running game, it might be easier for the Offense to sustain drives.

 

It all goes full circle back to football being the ultimate team sport. The QB gets way too much praise when teams win and they get way too much blame when teams lose.

 

This team just flat out didn't know how to win games this past season, in all areas and it showed. They never could get out of their own way.

 

I mean, just look at the punt returners for example. Last season (two seasons ago) I think we were all holding our breath whenever Greene would field a punt, in hopes he would take it too the house.

 

This season, I know I was holding my breath every time him or Walters fielded a punt. Not because I thought maybe they'd take it too the house, but because I was afraid they were going to muff it, like they did multiple times.

 

If Rashad Greene never returns a punt again that will be fine by me. At least Walters has hands. 

 

But I do agree about the running game. I don't think it's much Ivory or Yeldon either. I don't even think it's that much the players on the actual o-line. I expect pretty much all of them to start for us next to Albert aside from maybe a new LG. I think it's the coaching. When Marrone took over some how we could magically run the ball and open lanes. Gus was very "do it one way" kind of guy. Marrone wasn't afraid to move guys around and do different things to create separation and open lanes. 

 

And I'm on the Fournette train myself at number 4. 

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