NFL Hot Seat: 5 coaches who must win in Week 2
By Tyler Brooke
4. Gus Bradley – Jacksonville Jaguars
In all honesty, Gus Bradley and the Jacksonville Jaguars played one heck of a game against the Green Bay packers in their season opener. Unfortunately, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, and the Jaguars are now 0-1.
Expectations are probably as high as they’ve ever been in Jacksonville. Blake Bortles is surrounding by some legitimate talent with Allen Robinson and Allen Hurns at wideout. Meanwhile, the defense is building around young guys like Dante Fowler Jr. and Jalen Ramsey.
With so much young talent on both sides of the ball, fans will quickly start blaming the coaching if the Jaguars can’t start winning games. It will be even easier since fans can point to the failed 4th and 1 conversion at the end of Week 1 when Bradley and the coaching staff called a bubble screen that was quickly snuffed out.
In order to start living up to the hype, the Jaguars have to start piling up some wins, and this week’s matchup against the San Diego Chargers is one that they need to have. If the defense can frustrate Philip Rivers and the receivers can get open (unlike last week), then Jacksonville should be able to win this game.
If they don’t, then the Jaguars are going to have a much harder time competing in the AFC South. Then again, this is Jacksonville we’re talking about. Would anyone really be surprised to see the Jaguars stink again?
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