Lat year Josh's and the offensive breakout season was amazing!
The problem is normally the formula for rookie quarterbacks is get them a good supporting cast, running game, and don't ask them to do everything.
After last year the coaches and front office decided to take the training wheels away for lack of a better term.
The problem is Josh is not ready to be that player yet.
In most of the high pressure situations he has pressed and starts making mistakes.
The front office and coaching staff really need to get back to basics and make running in at least a supporting role carry once in a while a priority.
Look at the top teams and QBs and all or most have solid running games:
green bay / Rodgers have jones
Baltimore has last decades all world team ( because of injury but normally have Edward's and dobbins)
Titans have Henry
Dallas has zeke and pollard
Herbert has ekeler
Brady has fornette
Drew Brees had Kamara/ williams/ Staley bush etc
Manning had Edgerrin James
Truth is most hall of fame QBs had HOF running backs - even now most successful teams still do.
Hopefully we can turn this around, but I hope for next season we address this and get a steadying force in the run game ( o line and running back) so josh can be the best version of himself and our team as well.
I think we put too much on josh too soon.
We play in an open air stadium in a cold, wet, snowy, rainy place. We need to be built to be successful in our home stadium at the very least.
Running is usually lower risk and higher success in bad weather.
Even for Brady early on they went for Corey Dillon.