Big Cat Country - Jaguars vs. Colts: The battle for first in the AFC SouthStand United, Duval Til We Diehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/47383/bigcatcountry_fave.png2015-10-07T05:17:41-04:00http://www.bigcatcountry.com/rss/stream/92028302015-10-07T05:17:41-04:002015-10-07T05:17:41-04:00Jaguars get trolled Buffalo Wild Wings style
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<p>As if losing to Matt Hasselbeck wasn't enough, someone on YouTube spliced the Jaguars-Colts game together with an old Buffalo Wild Wings commercial.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bigcatcountry.com/">Jacksonville Jaguars</a> are getting it from all sides after losing to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.stampedeblue.com/">Indianapolis Colts</a> and 40-year-old <span>Matt Hasselbeck</span> on Sunday. The latest troll? A Buffalo Wild Wings style commercial that features <span>Jason Myers</span> and his missed kick in overtime.</p>
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<p>I don't know why this guy who made the video didn't use the Myers miss at the end of the fourth quarter. The premise of the commercial is that the game <i>goes</i> <i>to</i> overtime, not <i>stays</i> <i>in</i> overtime. Probably because this miss was going straight for a second and then inexplicably went left, looking more like a set of fans actually blew the ball off-course.</p>
<p>Whatever. It's clever and well done, even if I think the wrong kick is used.</p>
https://www.bigcatcountry.com/2015/10/7/9469279/jacksonville-jaguars-get-trolled-with-buffalo-wild-wings-videoRyan Day2015-10-06T10:48:25-04:002015-10-06T10:48:25-04:00Week 4 sack analysis
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<p>Analyzing each sack given up by the Jaguars all season, moving onto Week 4.</p> <p id="paragraph6" class="pgh-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Mercury SSm A', 'Mercury SSm B', Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;"> </p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Mercury SSm A', 'Mercury SSm B', Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;">Entering Sunday's game vs the Colts, the Jaguars had given up 7 sacks on the season. 5 in week 1, and 2 in week 3.</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Mercury SSm A', 'Mercury SSm B', Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;">While Bortles was under duress frequently vs the Colts talented DL, the Jaguars managed to give up only 1 sack, bringing their season total to 8 over 4 games.</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Mercury SSm A', 'Mercury SSm B', Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.bigcatcountry.com/2015/9/15/9272925/week-1-sack-analysis" target="_blank" data-ref-index="5" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #3b8396; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; background-color: #ffffff;">In Week 1 I described the process of distributing accountability to the Jaguars offense when it comes to sacks, be it the OL, Blake, or a miscellaneous reason such as a free blitzer.</a></p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Mercury SSm A', 'Mercury SSm B', Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Sack No. 1</i></b></p>
<p id="paragraph7" class="pgh-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Mercury SSm A', 'Mercury SSm B', Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Situation: </b><span>3rd-and-6 on Jaguars 20 yard line. 14:30 left in 2nd quarter.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><font color="#292929" face="Mercury SSm A, Mercury SSm B, Georgia, serif"><b>The only official sack given up Sunday. Cann and Yeldon weren't on the same page. <a href="https://t.co/SNPeEeR2CZ">https://t.co/SNPeEeR2CZ</a></b></font></p>
<font color="#292929" face="Mercury SSm A, Mercury SSm B, Georgia, serif"><b>— Hank Bortlebert (@HankJoness) <a href="https://twitter.com/HankJoness/status/651406892535779328">October 6, 2015</a></b></font>
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<p id="paragraph8" class="pgh-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-top: 1em;"><font color="#292929" face="Mercury SSm A, Mercury SSm B, Georgia, serif"><span><b>
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<p><b style="color: #292929; font-family: 'Mercury SSm A', 'Mercury SSm B', Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Who was at fault: Unclear</b></p>
<p>This is one of the sacks that would go in the miscelaneous category because while we don't know whether Yeldon or Cann was responsibile for the sack, we do know that they weren't on the same page and this is what lead to the sack to begin with. Hard to assess actual blame here without knowing the protection call.</p>
<p>The Jaguars have given up 8 sacks through 4 games, compared to 19 sacks at the same point last year.</p>
<p id="paragraph22" class="pgh-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Mercury SSm A', 'Mercury SSm B', Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;">Below is the updated sack accountability chart for the 2015 season.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Mercury SSm A', 'Mercury SSm B', Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 1.5;">Denard Robinson</p>
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https://www.bigcatcountry.com/2015/10/6/9461801/week-4-sack-analysis-vs-the-coltsHankJoness2015-10-05T11:44:36-04:002015-10-05T11:44:36-04:00Observations from our Week 4 loss
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<p>Observations and musings from the worst loss of the season for the Jaguars. (So far.)</p> <h3 style="white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 32px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 36px; font-family: 'Sentinel SSm A', 'Sentinel SSm B', Georgia, serif; color: #292929;">1) This is the worst loss of the Gus Bradley era, and is probably the nail in the coffin.</h3>
<p style="white-space: normal;">This loss is much, much worse than last weeks blowout. It was expected for the Patriots to dominate Jacksonville. But for Jacksonville to not only lose to Matt Hasselbeck but to also only score 13 points on what is a very porous Colts defense? It was year 1 stuff. It was embarrassing. And it was eye opening to the fact that Gus Bradley simply looks overwhelmed as a HC. I don't really see a way they rebound from this to the point where jobs are saved, but there is more time to talk about that later.</p>
<h3 style="white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 32px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 36px; font-family: 'Sentinel SSm A', 'Sentinel SSm B', Georgia, serif; color: #292929;">2) What is happening in the 2nd halfs?</h3>
<p style="white-space: normal;">Week 1: 0 points</p>
<p style="white-space: normal;">Week 2: 3 points</p>
<p style="white-space: normal;">Week 3: 14 points</p>
<p style="white-space: normal;">Week 4: 0 points</p>
<p style="white-space: normal;">17 points in 8 quarters is a little over 2 points a quarter. I am not sure why the Offense continues to fall flat in the 2nd half of games, but it is a very big reality.</p>
<h3 style="white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 32px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 36px; font-family: 'Sentinel SSm A', 'Sentinel SSm B', Georgia, serif; color: #292929;">3) Blake looked good..in the first half</h3>
<p style="white-space: normal;">The first half of the game was, in my opinion, the best Bortles has looked in a regular season game. He was decisive. He was accurate. He was making plays. But then in the 2nd half his accuracy dipped, he made careless mistakes (such as the dropped snap) but overall his play just wasn't consistent. They need Bortles to string together good whole games. Not play a good half and then disappear.</p>
<h3 style="white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 32px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 36px; font-family: 'Sentinel SSm A', 'Sentinel SSm B', Georgia, serif; color: #292929;">4) Allen Hurns has gotten a lot better.</h3>
<p style="white-space: normal;">I was a big critic of Hurns last season, but he is by far the most improved player on the offense this year and has shown to be a dependable 3rd down target. He has cut down on the drops and he continues to get open week in and week out. Today was the first time I have thought he looked like he could shoulder the load of the passing game, and that was because he was the only consistent threat all game.</p>
<h3 style="white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 32px; margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; line-height: 36px; font-family: 'Sentinel SSm A', 'Sentinel SSm B', Georgia, serif; color: #292929;">5) The DL has major issues.</h3>
<p style="white-space: normal;">The Front 7 played the run great for most of the game. At one point, Frank Gore had 0.75 YPC. But watching them pass rush vs a bad Colts OL and get dominated was disappointing. Chris Clemons' age shows every game, Andre Branch is ineffective, Ryan Davis doesn't play enough, and Jared Odrick isn't the type of player who your pass rush should revolve around. I know Fowler and Marks are out, but the Jags have had 3 offseasons to improve the edge depth and overall athleticism of the DL and have yet to do so.</p>
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<p class="pgh-paragraph" id="paragraph15" style="white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Mercury SSm A', 'Mercury SSm B', Georgia, serif; margin-top: 1em; line-height: 24px; color: #292929; font-size: 16px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Defensive Player of the Week:</b> Johnathan Cyprien. Cyp is a big target of criticism (most of it very fair) but he played a solid game, from the early fumble to his ability to stop pass plays before the chains.</p>
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https://www.bigcatcountry.com/2015/10/5/9452381/observations-from-week-4-overtime-loss-to-the-indianapolis-coltsHankJoness2015-10-05T10:00:14-04:002015-10-05T10:00:14-04:00Jaguars Daily: Offensive lulls and missed kicks
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<p>The offense got yards but missed on points, our rookie kicker is acting like a rookie kicker, and more news for your Monday morning.</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/sports/2015/10/04/jacksonville-jaguars-indianapolis-colts-week-4-reaction-recap/73345746/">Offensive lulls, missed kicks doom Jacksonville Jaguars - FirstCoastNews.com</a><br>This one stung for the Jacksonville Jaguars and their fans. The team has now lost 11th-straight games on the road and allowed the Indianapolis Colts to win their 15th-straight division game. A serious second half offensive lull and the failure of Jason Myers on two potential game-winning field goals led to what was a grueling 16-13 loss to the Colts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bigcatcountry.com/2015/10/4/9451265/jaguars-bumble-their-way-into-16-13-ot-loss-to-the-colts" target="_blank">The Jaguars ruined Alfie's birthday - BigCatCountry.com</a><br>The Jaguars lost a football game to a bad roster led by a 40-year old backup quarterback. Remember in Week 1 after the loss when I said I stopped letting football ruin my day a long time ago? Well, that was a lie because this is the most angry I've ever been about watching my team lose a football game. I am definitely mad online. There is zero excuse for the Jaguars losing this football game and it's a much worse loss than the blowout to the New England Patriots a week prior.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/182389/its-time-for-blake-bortles-offense-to-start-producing">It's time for Blake Bortles and offense to start producing - ESPN.com</a><br>It's the third year of the Jacksonville Jaguars' rebuild, and most of the key players on offense are supposedly in place. Now it's time for those players -- the quarterback, running back, two receivers, several offensive linemen and the tight end -- to start producing as if they really are the franchise's foundation pieces for the next several seasons.</p>
https://www.bigcatcountry.com/2015/10/5/9453731/jacksonville-jaguars-daily-offensive-lulls-missed-kicks-doom-jaguarsRyan Day2015-10-04T17:09:00-04:002015-10-04T17:09:00-04:00Jaguars vs. Colts: Week 4 live blog!
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<p>The Jaguars are traveling to play the Colts in Week 4 of the NFL at Lucas Oil Stadium. Follow along with our live blog and join our discussion leading up to the game, during, and recap all the news after.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.bigcatcountry.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Jacksonville Jaguars</a> are facing their first AFC South rival in Week 4 of the NFL with a trip to play the <a href="https://www.stampedeblue.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Indianapolis Colts</a> on Sunday.</p>
<p>Can <span>T.J. Yeldon</span> take advantage of a weak run defense for the Colts? Can the Jaguars front four get pressure? Will Blake Bortles continue to make mistakes that lead to interceptions?</p>
<p>HAPPY GAMEDAY, EVERYONE!</p>
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<p>Let's see how the community does at predicting today's matchup!</p>
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<h3>How to watch the game</h3>
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<p><b>5:06 PM: </b>How?</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jaguars?src=hash">#Jaguars</a> vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Colts?src=hash">#Colts</a> final recap: We lost 16-13 to Matt Hasselbeck <a href="http://t.co/VUBJcdglhs">http://t.co/VUBJcdglhs</a> <a href="http://t.co/kNr1zEGhNS">pic.twitter.com/kNr1zEGhNS</a></p>
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<p><b>4:13 PM: </b>This game is going to overtime.</p>
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<p><b>3:27 PM: </b>Early fourth quarter. Tie game. Let's do this, Blake.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Colts">@Colts</a> ties it up with a FG. Score is 13-13 in the 4th qtr.</p>
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<p><b>3:19 PM: </b>Third quarter in the books. Teams trade a bunch of punts. And our middle linebacker is out for the rest of the game. THUUURRRRSSSSSTOOONNN ARMBRIIIISSSSSTTTTEEERRR ASSEEEEMMMMBBBLLLLEEE!</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Poz probably done for day. Standing next to coaches on sideline without a helmet. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jaguars?src=hash">#Jaguars</a></p>
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<p><b>2:32 PM:</b> Blake Bortles is cookin' in this first half. Better pre-snap reads. Better throws. Better decisions. I'm sweating.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">When your quarterback is 14-for-18 for 179 yards and one touchdown going into halftime. <a href="http://t.co/2WH0HxRQX8">pic.twitter.com/2WH0HxRQX8</a></p>
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<p><b>1:58 PM:</b> Oh hell yeah.</p>
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<p><b>1:52 PM: </b>TOUCHDOWN JACKSONVILLE! OH, BABY!</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">BLAKE BORTLES TO ALLEN HURNS! JAGUARS 10, COLTS 3! <a href="https://t.co/Jhd1yjNOWc">https://t.co/Jhd1yjNOWc</a></p>
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<p><b>1:23 PM: </b>JAGUARS - 0, COLTS - 3: We're daring Matt Hasselbeck to beat us and he is. With empty sets. What are we doing? Finally forced a third down stop and Adam Vinatieri kicks a 54-yarder.</p>
<p><b>1:13 PM: </b>Blake Bortles injured after the first drive.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looks like trainers looking at Blake Bortles' right foot/ankle on sideline. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jaguars?src=hash">#Jaguars</a></p>
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<p><b>1:09 PM:</b> Jaguars get the opening third down conversion of the game. Really good by both Bortles and Bryan Walters.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Really good throw on the run by Bortles and catch by Bryan Walters to get the third down conversion. <a href="https://t.co/HLbo76LMKC">https://t.co/HLbo76LMKC</a></p>
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<p><b>12:26 PM:</b> We've got operatives on the inside.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/BigCatCountry">@BigCatCountry</a> This jacket has gotten rave reviews in Indianapolis. <a href="http://t.co/gx1LGl5c9z">pic.twitter.com/gx1LGl5c9z</a></p>
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<p><b>9:17 AM:</b> OH DAAAMMMMNNNN</p>
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<p><b>5:29 AM:</b> Andrew Luck's status has been in doubt all week and ESPN's Adam Schefter... well, he's not really clarifying anything here. Personally, I'd be surprised if Luck <i>didn't </i>play, to be honest.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Colts QB Andrew Luck underwent an MRI on his right shoulder this week that revealed a bruise, per league sources. Questionable today, but...</p>
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https://www.bigcatcountry.com/2015/10/4/9448669/jaguars-vs-colts-live-blog-for-week-4-at-lucas-oil-stadiumRyan Day2015-10-04T17:06:39-04:002015-10-04T17:06:39-04:00We lost 16-13 to Matt Hasselbeck
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<p>The Jaguars just lost a game to one of the worst teams in football quarterbacked by their backup. Why?</p> <p>The Jacksonville Jaguars are not a good football team. The Jacksonville Jaguars do not have a good coaching staff. The Jacksonville Jaguars should not be favored in any game for the rest of the season.</p>
<p>Why? Because today the Jacksonville Jaguars just lost Matt Hasselbeck and one of the worst teams in football.</p>
<p>Did we have injuries? Sure. So did they. In fact, it was their quarterback. Who were we missing? A pass rusher? Our third-best receiver? A right guard?</p>
<p>Cool story, bro.</p>
<p>There are no excuses for gifting a team their only touchdown with five penalties for 52 yards <i>on a single drive. </i>Were the refs bad today? Sure. The Jermey Parnell hold was questionable. The Telvin Smith late hit on the sidelines was a cupcake. The Colts committed pass interference on Allen Robinson several times.</p>
<p>I don't give a shit.</p>
<p>You don't lose to <i>Matt Hasselbeck</i>. You don't go an entire second half and two overtime possessions without a single point. You don't give <i>Matt Hasselbeck</i> a zone defense to pick apart.</p>
<p>Blake Bortles looked good at times. He played loose in the first half. Smart, even. He made better pre-snap reads throughout the game and even better throws to his receivers. Speaking of receivers, Allen Hurns is arguably the most improved player on this team from last year. He was Bortles' primary receiver in Marqise Lee's absence, with 11 catches for 116 yards and one touchdown.</p>
<p>The run game game looked mediocre through the first three quarters, with T.J. Yeldon routinely stuffed in the early part of the game. Until the fourth quarter, his longest run was just 10 yards. But he finished with 105 carries on 22 carries. Good for him.</p>
<p>But we couldn't score touchdowns. We either settled for field goals or committed enough penalties to put us out of range for even that. We committed 13 of them today for 92 yards.</p>
<p>The defense is concerning. Paul Posluszny is a liability in pass protection and the front four got virtually zero pressure on <i>Matt Hasselbeck</i> as he was protected by a sub-par offensive line. The secondary was okay. But when you're okay against <i>Matt Hasselbeck, </i>you aren't actually good, so who cares?</p>
<p>There are no playmakers on this defense. There are guys who flash. James Sample did some nice things. Telvin did too. But no one is consistently good. You've had three drafts and three free agency periods. Why is that?</p>
<p>That Telvin play at the end. How did that Telvin play happen? How did Coby Fleener get so wide open? How did we let <i>Matt Hasselbeck </i>arm punt a 26-yard pass to him. How did we stuff Frank Gore all game and then allow him to get 22 of his 53 total yards on the game-losing field goal?</p>
<p>How?</p>
<p>Gus Bradley will be fired soon. Maybe Bob Babich too. I don't know if Dave Caldwell will. They'll probably give him one more head coach to see if his roster is just bad or mismanaged. Probably not. This roster isn't very good.</p>
<p>We expected this Year 1. We justified it Year 2.</p>
<p>It's Year 3. You don't lose to <i>Matt Hasselbeck</i> in Year 3.</p>
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