Onto the Good, the Bad and the Bradley. On a positive note, as I pointed out last week, Joe Flacco came in as a solid backup, did his job and did not lose the game for us. That first drive had the Jags on their heels and I thought, “Here we go!” Flacco led the team down the field for 71 yards and capped that drive off with a touchdown pass to Michael Pitman to get the Horseshoe up and running. Well, that’s what I thought. The running game didn’t ever really get going but the passing game picked up again late with long strikes to Alec Pierce for 45 yards and another for 65 yards that was a touchdown. The young guys on the O-line did okay, but losing our jumbo Fries in that game isn’t going to help our season. Thus ends the “good” part of the story.
The “Bad” part of the story is a bit more in-depth than the good. Before people pile on me, yes I am aware that we were down 7 starters. That is 7 starters on a 53 man roster. That’s about 13% of our entire roster that was out for those of the Kentucky fans amongst us. That is a helluva lot to overcome for anybody, let alone our own defensively-challenged Gus Badly to do. Still that doesn’t explain why the LBs were back all day giving Trevor a nice chunk of real estate to launch balls into. I think the pass rush must have been on the beach in Rehoboth with the President Sunday. Birthday Boy was only hurried ONCE in his 34 drop backs. Back to the math kids, that is only 2.9% of the time. The Jaguars equipment manager stated after the game that Trevor’s jersey was untouched against the Colts and would be used again against the Bears this Sunday. He came into the game facing pressure almost 30% of the time. Again, I know D-Buck is a force to be reckoned with and Kwity Paye has definitely gotten some attention this year, but still the pass rush was…well, the pass rush was non-existent. Gus stayed with the front four all day allowing Trevor time to make dinner reservations in the pocket before being inconvenienced enough in the middle of his aftergame planning to actually make a play. At least he got to enjoy his birthday.
Gus Badly has got to go. We haven’t won in Jacksonville since 2014. Badly should have had those boys ready with a better scheme than what he plopped on the field in Florida. We went into the 0-4 Jaguars and they popped us for 37 points in front of their home crowd. Way to sell Jags tickets Gus! Before the Colts game, they had scored only 13 points at home in 2024. You’re welcome Trevor. Our defense is a league worst at allowing over 419 yards per game! When is enough, enough? Eberflus had injuries too but holy crap on a stick Batman! I don’t usually call for people to lose their jobs, but when you suck to the point of having Oreck, Hoover, Shark, Bissell, and Dyson all fighting for the right to put your face on their high quality suction devices that says something in itself. We went from having Frank’s face on a milk carton to now Gus’s on a vacuum cleaner box. I can see the advertising now, “Buy me people, because you know I suck.”
That is the Forged Truth from the Meanie
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