Let’s not pretend Gus Bradley isn’t one of the luckiest head coaches still roaming an NFL sideline. In the salary-cap era, the Jaguars’ boss might be the recipient of the industry’s longest leash.
Only the Cincinnati Bengals’ Dave Shula (1992-96) had a worse record (11-37) than Bradley through three seasons and kept his job, which only happened because owner Mike Brown was reluctant to pay a coach to not work.
When the Jaguars open their fourth season under Bradley on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, the Norman Vincent Peale of his profession is deservedly going to be under the biggest microscope of any Jaguars coach in history.