Jay Gruden you are our only hope

[DYoungJelly]

Originally Posted by Rotten1980

Well this is oversimplified but I look at knowledge based on how a coaches group performs. Gruden's offense underperformed every year in cincy relative to the talent. He had a ton to work with there in a superior oline they heavily invested in, arguably the best WR in football and great supporting cast around them. His group never finished in the top third of the league in points. His playoff performance is really lousy, playcalling lost cincy the playoffs last year. Giving up on the run going into the 2nd half of the game with a lead. Heard lots of football guys criticize Gruden after that. Now his group here is ranked about 26th in points.

So I hope we didn't recruit Jay for his x's anc o's. The other factor is leadership and he's failed worse there. If the supporting cast around RG was playing well Jay might have a case, but the whole offense looks unprepared and undisciplined. And now the drama, which he's in neck deep. If Jay was a leader the players would ball regardless of the QB. That's what well coached teams do. They also come out sharp after a bye.

Just as a comparison, look at the Cards. No stability at QB, injury ridden roster on both sides of the ball, very similar overall talent to what Grudens working with. I mean Larry Foote, at vet min I'm pretty sure, is playing the best of his career. Superb coaching. 9-1.

Playcalling performance? Last 5 Cincy home games of 2013 they scored 49, 41, 41, 42 34. They scored 10 points in the home playoff game against San Diego.

Gruden's offense knew how to put up points. They played a bad game with Dalton having THREE turnovers. Going 17 for 34 and passing for 170.

I heard a lot of "football guys" criticize Andy Dalton for turning into a turnover machine when the pressure is on.

A "lot of football guys" always criticize everything when you lose. Football is situational. Having some vague criticism of abandoning the run without more is just kind of silly.

San Diego's defense was balling during that game too. They sacked Dalton 6 times behind that elite offensive line. I'm sure you have the game film and Jay was calling 7 step drop after 7 step drop though

I'm not a "football guy" but I know when there is a film breakdown with video showing a play where every single receiver on the field is wide freakin open (against Tampa Bay) and our QB can't hit any of them, then the x's and o's might not be the problem bro. Beyond that single play, there was play after play where the film showed open receivers.

When our receivers are getting open on the plays the coaches are calling and Alfmo is running for nearly 100 yards it isn't x's and o's.

But if he were to turn into Vince Lombardi and become a leader of men then our QB could read the right side of the field and throw to one of the two or three or four or five open receivers? Silly Silly Silly.

Arizona has the 2nd ranked D in the league in points per game. Don't have a problem with big changes on that side of the ball. The one issue that our defense has not had a problem with is effort. The effort is good, the execution is terrible.

I have also heard a lot of "football guys" say that winning removes any question about leadership. Unless you have some sort of secret squirrel access to the team and are observing his interaction with players then you, are getting a mere snippet of his "leadership".

Leaders don't lead from behind a podium and that is the singular view that we as fans have of Jay.