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(02-15-2020, 01:54 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: How. Taylor won 2 games. Marrone won 5.  

- 5 > 2 

- 5 is more than twice the amount of wins.

Marrone had his starting QB go down in week 1 and then missed ten games. Which forced him to play with a 6 round rookie for the bulk of the season. His best player (Jalen Ramsey) was traded away after a contract dispute.

If you're going to factor the loss of Green and Williams, you have to factor in the loss of Foles and Ramsey. Both are bigger losses.

Taylor won the least amount of games in the league. Taylor has no history to fall back on. Until he shows or does more it's not fair to say he's better than anybody. End of story.

Marrone lost the lockerroom last year; guys were not willing to fight for the team (though, the rumblings stopped after Ramsey left so it may have been him causing all the shit):

https://www.profootballrumors.com/?s=marrone

Not much there on lockerrom stuff.

He also tried a ton of things, between flip-flopping QBs, moving guys around and nothing stuck; Minshew had a few great games then fizzled out to end the year. The offensive and defensive ranking, while better than us, were not stellar:

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/jax/2019.htm

This was a much healthier team, with supposedly more/better weapons on offense (I don't think so, personally) and 3 bonafide All-Pros on Defense (one left after numerous hissy-fits).

Yet, they still won only 6 games (not 5, BTW and 3 by one possession) and this is a coach in his 4th season in that position (3+, technically) on the team, in a much easier division (probably the easiest in the NFL).

Contrast that with a rookie coach, cutting his teeth, injured to death roster that, despite losing, FACTUALLY IMPROVED in each and every facet of the game, throughout the second half of the season, not to mention the division we play in (even if you discount the down year by Pitt and the shitsow that is Cleveland, there is no Bmore in the South), I would say that Zac did a better job with the hand dealt.

There's a reason the coach with the best record doesn't always win COTY or any other similar accolades.