(06-16-2021, 12:48 PM)MoJagFan Wrote:

(06-16-2021, 11:43 AM)mal234 Wrote: I think that Gardner could take well in Urban's system. Doug was a poor coach. Trevor would not have fared well with him either IMO.

I definitely agree.  There is a definite ceiling with Gardner compared to Trevor but the day to day coaching, game planning and adjustments in game and through the season have a huge part to play.  I really hope that we have a success system to really allow this team to take off. Players have natural abilities and traits that set them up to be successful but coaching sure has hampered this franchise for 15 plus years now.

The planning and long term capabilities to make this a franchise have been absent.  Everyone loses in the NFL but franchises show how busted they are by the 5 to 10 year records they accumulate and frankly the Shad Khan age has been spoiled.

These types of things can definitely make a big difference for QB's. Look at Justin Herbert and the Chargers last year. For as talented, and hard working he is, he could only overcome so much due to bad coaching decisions. Which is why the Chargers lost multiple games last year that largely came down to poor coaching choices. And Justin had huge big games. If he had better coaching they might have been a playoff team (at least a WC). They had several games last year where the score was close. Coaching, game planning, adjustments make a difference. 

It seems like the coaches are willing to do those things with Gardner if/when necessary. They were already dialing up stuff like tricks plays for him and the offense when he was running with the ones yesterday. In addition to putting him in different situations to see how he reacts. It sounds like they are willing to put in the preparation for him and the team if he ever has to start for some reason (and as long as he's still on the team). That sounds better than what the last coaching staff. They didn't really prepare the team that well and that was a big reason why the team's record was so bad last year.

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