The last time I was allowed to post we had just lost the Eagles game. Well, since then, we've won zero games...

 

Hate to say it folks, but I think what we are seeing is the culmination of a head coach that is in over his head. 

 

We are not getting any better and the 4-4 record to end last season seems to be merely the result of happenstance of playing equally bad (or dead) teams.

 

We were at the bottom of the league in offense and defense last year, and we are right there again this season, in the total rankings. In the big picture, nothing is improving. 

 

As I look back, things that I remember posting about being concerning with Bradley's initial hire have pretty much come to roost - first and foremost - the Coordinator hires. Both Fisch and Babich were seen as poor hires by me (and a few others) when they happened and neither has done anything to prove those initial fears wrong. 

 

Guess what though - bad assistant coaching hires falls on the head coach. That is part of his responsibility. 

 

The 2 Coordinators are likely not the only bad hires on this staff, however. It seems to be filled with subpar hires all around it. With only a few standout decent to good hires. I'f say at this point after 21 games, the only assistants that I'd point to that seem to have been good hires would be the WR coach, the DL coach, and maybe the QB coach. The rest all don't seem to be doing a good job in getting their prospective player groups improving over time. I understand that not every player is going to be a "pro bowler" but solid position coaches do at least get their group to show some improvement over time regardless of talent ceiling. 

 

I think the poor assistant coach hires can be partially linked to the fact that Bradley had zero head coaching experience coming into this job. There obviously a LOT of other aspects of Bradley's coaching (where he seems to be failing) that can also be attributed to his lack of HC experience as well. - such as poor clock management. 

 

Through 21 Games, Bradley is now 4-17. The only other successful head coach over the last 25 years that I can remember starting out this bad was Jimmy Johnson of Dallas who started out at 4-22. But at least with his team, they indeed were showing improvement in their 2nd year. Also, while their offense was still struggling in the 2nd year, at least their defense was showing clear signs of ascension. They only gave up around 300 points for that entire season after giving up close to 400 the previous year. 

 

The Jags offense and defense overall continues to be bad. Bottom of the league bad. Last week seemed to be more the result of playing safe defense as opposed to actual improvement. When they needed a stop in the 4th Q on Pitts last drive - they couldn't do it. Didn't Pitt keep the ball for what seemed like the final 7 and a half minutes of the game to run out the clock???

 

 

I'm very close to the point where I advise the owner to pretty much pull the plug on the head coach at seasons end. 

 

 

The most important thing that this staff MUST not mess up is the QB- Bortles, and IMO, it appears they are doing just that. 

 

Look at Bortles play in preseason, and then the 3 games this season. He's clearly regressing. His YPA went from consistently in the 9's or above in all preseason games as well as the 2nd half of the Indy game, to 7.8 two weeks ago to Gabbert-like 5.3 last week. You can't tell me that Bortles this past Sunday is resembling ANYTHING like the gunslinger that we saw in his first 5 appearances. 

 

IMO, why this is happening is because the coaching staff is overreacting to the INT's he's throwing and shortening the pass play routes which isn't doing anything but hurting him. 

 

That pick 6 against the Steelers last week was on Fisch just as much as it was on Blake. What do you expect to happen when every pass play you call is a shorter route???? Eventually the defense is going to jump one of them and you get what happened. 

 

They threw one stinking deep pass attempt last week for the ENTIRE game and it was picked off, so then Fisch totally abandoned it. Thats not how you help a young QB. They should be trying about one deep pass every quarter, just to keep the defense honest. Otherwise, all you are doing is helping makie the defenses life easier and hurting the development of your own QB. I remember Andy Reid would take a deep shot downfield with McNabb just about every 8-10 attempts (on average) - to keep the defense from bunching up and playing the game in a 10-15 yard box. 

 

 

If things don't improve drastically, and soon, I am hoping Khan is investigating the availability of a proven winner like Jim Harbaugh at seasons end. Harbaugh has head coaching experience, has been susccessful and seems to get the most out of his QB's. (Alex Smith) and even Kap. 

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Welcome back TMD

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Welcome Back

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Whatever.

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 In the big picture, nothing is improving.  The D-line is better and the passing production is better


 

 

Look at Bortles play in preseason, and then the 3 games this season. He's clearly regressing  That's hilarious. He's a 22 year rookie. He's going to have ups and downs. He's doing what rookies do. Not regressing. 


 

 

That pick 6 against the Steelers last week was on Fisch just as much as it was on Blake. What do you expect to happen when every pass play you call is a shorter route???? Eventually the defense is going to jump one of them and you get what happened.  Blake checked out of a run and agreed with coaches that he screwed the pooch on that one. 


 

They threw one stinking deep pass attempt last week and it was picked off, so then Fisch totally abandoned it.  As if you have any clue as to how many pass plays with deep routes were called but covered or pressured. 


 

 

Welcome back. 

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I'm very close to the point where I advise the owner to pretty much pull the plug on the head coach at seasons end. 

 

 

LOL!!!!   That is the funniest thing I have read here in quite a while.     I'm sure Kahn is on pins and needles waiting for your report.

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Who let the dog out? :teehee:

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We are not getting any better and the 4-4 record to end last season seems to be merely the result of happenstance of playing equally bad (or dead) teams like the Texans who were zombie like knowing the Kubiak regime was toast. 

 

LOL. Nice edit trying to cover your double-talk. 

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Welcome back. 

 

i agree with all of your points here, but would add, if there isnt vast improvement over the course of the season, at the least, id like to see new coordinators, if there is a big time coach willing to take the job though, i wouldnt be mad if bradley was replaced.

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Coughlin when asked if winning will be a focus: "What the hell else is there? This is nice and dandy, but winning is what all this is about."

Someone's out of timeout..  Did you learn your lesson? No more urinating on the rug.. 

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LOL!!!!   That is the funniest thing I have read here in quite a while.     I'm sure Kahn is on pins and needles waiting for your report.

 

yeah that one was hilarious. i think khan actually has a "bat phone" line connected right to TMDs kitchen.

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Coughlin when asked if winning will be a focus: "What the hell else is there? This is nice and dandy, but winning is what all this is about."

I'm not convinced bortles regressing as much as he's facing better defenses than he did during preseason.  He's only had 2 starts and I will revisit after a few more games. I do agree about the overall play calling, though.

 

And welcome back, try to stay out of trouble for a few weeks.

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Kaishakunin for hire.

* (disclaimer) If you think I'm serious, hit yourself in the face w/ a hammer.

 

Welcome back. 

 

You can cite "22 y/o rookie" all you want. I'm talking about playing style. Blake is regressing into the Chad Henne mold these past 3 games, and in my opinion its happening because the coaches are shortening the field on him. Which is only helping the defense. 

 

Let Blake attack the whole field. If the deeper passes get picked off, like last week, so what? Thats better than continually throwing short attempts that get the defense playing in a 10-15 yard box and ultimately all you are doing is inviting a pick 6 once a route is ultimately jumped. 

 

Yes, Bortles audibled out, but the INT happened largely because the defense knew there was little threat of a deeper route. Thats what you seem to be missing. 

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How many times do you have to get banned before it becomes permanent? I thought you were already at 100 percent.

 

You are back to your old self again, criticizing everything we do. Get ready for a long list of rebuttals from people who actually know what we are looking at.

 

First of all, look at the last game. Our defense gave up only 10 points. Our offense got inside the 5 only to be caught holding. After a week of worrying nobody can stop a guy named Antonio Brown, we saw backup cornerback Demetrius McCray do just that. We finally saw Storm Johnson play and, in his first regular season action, he ran a total of 36 yards including a run negated by holding. If you want to complain about losing by only 8 points after four double-digit losses, something is wrong with you.

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i agree with all of your points here, but would add, if there isnt vast improvement over the course of the season, at the least, id like to see new coordinators, if there is a big time coach willing to take the job though, i wouldnt be mad if bradley was replaced.

 

I remember Jimmy Johnson indeed did change his OC after 2 years and then hired Turner in 1991, and that offense took off from there. 

 

However, the defensive issues are more concerning, given that Bradley is a defensive background head coach. I do agree that Babich is horrible, (and needs to go) but you'd think that Bradley's presence would at least make this defense better than close to dead last in ranking for 2 years straight. 

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How many times do you have to get banned before it becomes permanent? I thought you were already at 100 percent.

 

You are back to your old self again, criticizing everything we do. Get ready for a long list of rebuttals from people who actually know what we are looking at.

 

First of all, look at the last game. Our defense gave up only 10 points. Our offense got inside the 5 only to be caught holding. After a week of worrying nobody can stop a guy named Antonio Brown, we saw backup cornerback Demetrius McCray do just that. We finally saw Storm Johnson play and, in his first regular season action, he ran a total of 36 yards including a run negated by holding. If you want to complain about losing by only 8 points after four double-digit losses, something is wrong with you.

 

 

Someone's out of timeout..  Did you learn your lesson? No more urinating on the rug.. 

 

I wasn't suspended for negative posts Jagswoman. So, take your high horse elsewhere please. 

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You can cite "22 y/o rookie" all you want. I'm talking about playing style. Blake is regressing into the Chad Henne mold these past 3 games, and in my opinion its happening because the coaches are shortening the field on him. Which is only helping the defense. 

 

Let Blake attack the whole field. If the deeper passes get picked off, like last week, so what? Thats better than continually throwing short attempts that get the defense playing in a 10-15 yard box and ultimately all you are doing is inviting a pick 6 once a route is ultimately jumped. 

 

Yes, Bortles audibled out, but the INT happened largely because the defense knew there was little threat of a deeper route. Thats what you seem to be missing. 

You might want to try watching the game. They showed blitz from the right, He checked out of the run to a hot read to the right you can hear him call it. This had happened earlier in the game and he threw a quick pass to the hot read. The int happened because the experienced DB saw it and jumped the short hot read. I tis pretty simple had nothing to do with there were no deep patterns BB killed all the deep routes when he saw the blitz coming, he just needs to read the Safties better when he does that so they dont jump the route.

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I agree, McCray did a really good job in his start. 

 

He needs to stay starting to see if it was just a fluke or not. Personally I think he's a better CB than Gratz. 

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You might want to try watching the game.

Shhh... he's rolling.   Until he gets banned again he'll continue to beat this to death.  What actually happens in the game makes no difference to the agenda.

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I wasn't suspended for negative posts Jagswoman. So, take your high horse elsewhere please. 

 

ding fries are done, ding fries are done.. 

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