Is Zac Taylor really on the hot seat?

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(11-12-2024, 10:09 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: And people can point to where Lou’s defense has finished every season since he’s been here (Leap has posted it recently). You can only live off a couple nice playoff runs where the defense got some timely turnovers for so long. At some point you have to look at his results as a whole. And they aren’t great.

If he would have been able to field even a mediocre defense this season we’re currently in a playoff spot.

Is that his fault that the team let the key components of an even mediocre defense that was able to come up with some timely turnovers walk to other teams? No amount of coaching would have made the defensive roster function well this season, I mean they might have had a shot before all of the DT injuries and then later losing Dax Hill. You can pin this one on the front office for not keeping a NT, Safety and attempting to rush some DB draft picks into starting roles. All of that talk about "saving the money to keep the WRs together", yet no WRs signed or extended, still an OL that can't get a yard when they need a yard. Oh, and their 1st round DE is starting to look more like a bust than a promising, developing player as well.

I'm all for blaming coaches for bad calls, not preaching fundamentals, etc. But when it's clearly a lack of talent at key positions on the roster, that's the FO fault.