A) Agreed. I never thought EJ was the only problem with the offense, only that he IS a problem
Two agreements back to back? I must be getting soft.
B) Exactly! All those guys suck. Why wouldn't you be conservative with that crew at QB with a good defense?
D) It's speculation that EJ's inaccuracy is direct evidence of his inaccuracy? Could it be because he's scared? Maybe. But he's inaccurate, period. The root cause is speculation, outside of his sloppy mechanics. The conflation comes with the assumption that all of EJ's problems stem from inaggressiveness/fear. My contention is speculation, but his accuracy is not.
E) Our coach trying to win every game in the season by being conservative is a negative? Winning 9 games, through whatever method, is a bad thing? Outside of that, I can see that EJ playing a little in week 17 had some merit. Some posters I respect were against it, hoping for a clean slate for 2015. Regardless of Marrone's reasons in week 17, his reasons for week 5 had a ton of merit. And weeks 5-16. Orton wasn't good, he was conservative. What else was he gonna do when we were mathemtically alive? Pretend Orton was Brady like Chan did with Fitz and line up 5 wide on 4th and inches?
So, let's say he was inaccurate in 2014, and knew the plays in 2014. Okay.
It's a real gas.