[Shipley]Where Things Went Wrong For Doug Pederson and the Jaguars
January 9, 2025
[Shipley]Where Things Went Wrong For Doug Pederson and the Jaguars
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I mean maybe press is good and we just don’t have the right personnel for his offense. Doubt it but its possibe. Why Doug insisted on him calling plays when it clearly wasn’t working I’ll never understand
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Would love to know the sources. Also that site on mobile. My goodness. My phone lagged out so bad
1. Press Taylor.
End of list
Saw nothing about Doug throwing his players under the bus and refusing for him or Press the playcaller taking responsibility for fixing the situation..as if they were calling amazing gameplans and scheming to the team’s strengths.
I normally don’t comment on this, but come on, this is Sports Illustrated – why are there so many typos!?
This is a big ol “no shit” kinda article
There were so many things, but you could visibly tell when Press was calling plays versus Doug. Doug prominently features misdirection which allowed guys like Kirk and Engram to work in space whereas Press was largely static, 3-step drop, and deliver the ball to someone in time – who may or may not have been open. You would see glimpses where the first ten plays out the gate or after halftime were scripted and were coherent and clean, and Jax would move the ball, and even during normal drives you’d see 2-3 play calls set up a haymaker, and Press wasn’t that guy. Jax wouldn’t move the ball until Trevor audibled at the line and exploited the look the defense presented.
Cant believe press really cost Doug 2 jobs. I really thought he’d take control back.
Press just has no pulse for the game.
He has awful ability to call the right play for when the offensive rhythm demands a certain call.
He tries to force a square peg into a round hole the majority of the time instead of leaning on his qb and receiver talent. He had no excuses to not incorporate btj more this year when Trevor was healthy.
Get you someone that loves you the way Doug loves press taylor
I’ve always felt that Doug thinks Trevor isn’t good. Just the way he talks about him at the podium sometimes I think he just doesn’t think Trevor’s good enough… and the comment about not contending for a championship was crazy to hear a coach say.
But honestly, I’ve been so suspect of Doug’s talent evaluation. I’ve been screaming for Parker and Tank to get more targets, and both of them made some insane plays this year. It’s like they’re not teaching these guys the plays and don’t trust them to be on the field more. It’s really weird.
Trevor Lawrence not taking the next step.
I think it’s remarkably simple: Doug, and by association Press, coach a particular offense and they will always try to run that offense independent of the players they have. They want to play bully ball in the trenches when we don’t have the lineman for it and they want to run timing routes despite the fact our receivers generate some of the most space in the league. Trying to run an offense with a certain level of technical difficulty requires you to have the right guys, and we just did not.
Just my .02, but it seemed like a square peg, round hole type situation this season and Doug always seemed to stop just short of saying he doesn’t believe the roster in its current state is sufficient.
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I mean maybe press is good and we just don’t have the right personnel for his offense. Doubt it but its possibe. Why Doug insisted on him calling plays when it clearly wasn’t working I’ll never understand
🤡
Would love to know the sources. Also that site on mobile. My goodness. My phone lagged out so bad
1. Press Taylor.
End of list
Saw nothing about Doug throwing his players under the bus and refusing for him or Press the playcaller taking responsibility for fixing the situation..as if they were calling amazing gameplans and scheming to the team’s strengths.
I normally don’t comment on this, but come on, this is Sports Illustrated – why are there so many typos!?
This is a big ol “no shit” kinda article
There were so many things, but you could visibly tell when Press was calling plays versus Doug. Doug prominently features misdirection which allowed guys like Kirk and Engram to work in space whereas Press was largely static, 3-step drop, and deliver the ball to someone in time – who may or may not have been open. You would see glimpses where the first ten plays out the gate or after halftime were scripted and were coherent and clean, and Jax would move the ball, and even during normal drives you’d see 2-3 play calls set up a haymaker, and Press wasn’t that guy. Jax wouldn’t move the ball until Trevor audibled at the line and exploited the look the defense presented.
Cant believe press really cost Doug 2 jobs. I really thought he’d take control back.
Press just has no pulse for the game.
He has awful ability to call the right play for when the offensive rhythm demands a certain call.
He tries to force a square peg into a round hole the majority of the time instead of leaning on his qb and receiver talent. He had no excuses to not incorporate btj more this year when Trevor was healthy.
Get you someone that loves you the way Doug loves press taylor
I’ve always felt that Doug thinks Trevor isn’t good. Just the way he talks about him at the podium sometimes I think he just doesn’t think Trevor’s good enough… and the comment about not contending for a championship was crazy to hear a coach say.
But honestly, I’ve been so suspect of Doug’s talent evaluation. I’ve been screaming for Parker and Tank to get more targets, and both of them made some insane plays this year. It’s like they’re not teaching these guys the plays and don’t trust them to be on the field more. It’s really weird.
Trevor Lawrence not taking the next step.
I think it’s remarkably simple: Doug, and by association Press, coach a particular offense and they will always try to run that offense independent of the players they have. They want to play bully ball in the trenches when we don’t have the lineman for it and they want to run timing routes despite the fact our receivers generate some of the most space in the league. Trying to run an offense with a certain level of technical difficulty requires you to have the right guys, and we just did not.
Just my .02, but it seemed like a square peg, round hole type situation this season and Doug always seemed to stop just short of saying he doesn’t believe the roster in its current state is sufficient.
Who cares.
Let’s focus on it not going wrong again.