Bye Gus Bradley

[FoutsFan]

No, my point is that the reason we should get rid of him is that the reason he was a the hot DC candidate and what got him a SB ring was the attention to fundamentals (mainly tackling) and clever use of personnel, something he failed at with us. Most players are aggressive and confident when they trust their fundamentals. Not many LB will aggressively fly up into a hole to tackle if they are not confident they can shed block and stick the runner. Same with a CB breaking on the route of a WR. He will stay in his backpedal a bit longer if he knows he is sloppy in his transition technique and knows the recevier will get a step past him in passing.

The various comments on this board people seem to think that you can just stop calling zone defense and particularly all the cover 3 with the new DC. They hate it because it got beaten so much last year, which is understandable, but that misses the point of WHY every NFL team plays so much cover 3. It is the predominant coverage in the NFL, and has been for years. Plenty of teams in the playoffs (all of them) are calling lots of cover3, and it is working just fine for them. Unless offenses are going to stop lining up with 11 personnel with 3 receivers threatening to go deep, we are going to play a lot of cover 3 and that is that. The only thing that could stop that is if someone can come up with a pass coverage that works by not having to cover the other teams receiver, but the ESP coverage has been developed that works yet.

Gus defense is fine schematically. All offenses and defenses work fine on paper. The personnel problems are a big part of the problem. The DC and position coaches need to find a way to get the players to execute better. The technique problems that occurred routinely are a big part of what made our zone coverages so much softer the last 2 years, from the more aggressive, tighter coverages in Gus' first two seasons.

You are correct. Although Gus could have mixed it up once in a while just for the hell of it. This all falls on the HC and DC for players not knowing how to tackle, shed blocks, blitz. I mean WTF were they doing at practice?

I am so glad this traveling clown show of a coaching staff is gone.

[Heatmiser]

I feel about Gus like I do about Lynn. Great human being. Not a great coach. And the results bear it out.

Don't like to see Milus leave, though,. He is a great position coach.

TG

[gzubeck]

His super bowl ring suggest you might be wrong about that.

When did he get that? He didn't get a superbowl ring...it was Dan Quinn and gus was coaching his first year in Jax.

[richpjr]

When did he get that? He didn't get a superbowl ring...it was Dan Quinn and gus was coaching his first year in Jax.

He got one as the DC of the Seahawks.

[gzubeck]

He got one as the DC of the Seahawks.

Seahawks have won the superbowl once and lost to New england the next year. The year seahawks went to superbowl Dan Quinn took over for Gus. That season Gus was the head coach of Jax.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/BradGu0.htm

[richpjr]

Seahawks have won the superbowl once and lost to New england the next year. The year seahawks went to superbowl Dan Quinn took over for Gus. That season Gus was the head coach of Jax.

https://www.pro-football-reference.c...es/BradGu0.htm

My bad - I would have sworn he was the DC of the 2013 Super Bowl team.

[gzubeck]

My bad - I would have sworn he was the DC of the 2013 Super Bowl team.

Maybe after Gus leaves a team they win the Superbowl. Fingers crossed. LOL!

[Classic]

Maybe after Gus leaves a team they win the Superbowl. Fingers crossed. LOL!

Jags did make the Championship game the year afrer Khan fired him on a team plane.

[gzubeck]

Jags did make the Championship game the year afrer Khan fired him on a team plane.

Too Funny!

:chuckle:

[Topcat]

Jags did make the Championship game the year afrer Khan fired him on a team plane.

Wow, talk about getting your wings clipped!

[ChargersPowderBlue]

I wanted to post something. Rather than make a new thread for it, I think of posting it here.

Gus Bradley was often criticized for not blitzing or doing it too little. Here are the instances of when the team did blitz during the 2020 season. These are from videos of the game highlights. Go to the parts listed on the instances in the videos.

Chargers vs Bengals week 1

2:49
9:35
10:42

Chiefs vs Chargers week 2

5:11
12:08

Panthers vs Chargers week 3

4:29
10:56

Chargers vs Buccaneers week 4

2:12
4:58
5:56
8:41

Chargers vs Saints week 5

0:23
2:14
7:20
7:34
9:05
12:05
14:41

Jaguars vs Chargers week 7

3:03
5:12
5:33
11:23

Chargers vs Broncos week 8

11:34

Raiders vs Chargers week 9

3:34
10:36

Chargers vs Dolphins week 10

2:22
4:57

Jets vs Chargers week 11

4:13
4:36
7:18
7:28
10:00

Chargers vs Bills week 12

2:01
3:29
9:45

Patriots vs Chargers week 13

0:47
5:07
7:51
9:53

Falcons vs Chargers week 14

4:02
8:04

Chargers vs Raiders week 15

4:54

Broncos vs Chargers week 16

2:25

Chargers vs Chiefs week 17

0:18


There's probably more than what the highlights show. I don't know if the people who worked on the video captured all of the instances of when the team blitzed.

Bradley did blitz. He just wasn't doing it to people's liking. Certain things got/are overlooked. The question you should ask is, why was Gus reluctant to blitz? Reluctant to blitz more. Another thing is, do you know what the weakness of the blitz is? The personnel on the defense has every bit as much to do as the play-calling. Sometimes you'll succeed. Sometimes you'll fail.

[boldarblood]

Bradley did blitz. He just wasn't doing it to people's liking. Certain things got/are overlooked. The question you should ask is, why was Gus reluctant to blitz? Reluctant to blitz more. Another thing is, do you know what the weakness of the blitz is? The personnel on the defense has every bit as much to do as the play-calling. Sometimes you'll succeed. Sometimes you'll fail.

For me it's the lack of blitz, I don't expect to be the team that blitz the most. I do hower expect more than deadx last.

2020 ranked dead last blitz %

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2020/opp.htm

2019 ranked dead last blitz %

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2019/opp.htm

2018 ranked 30th (dead last was 16% we were at 17%)