The Jacksonville Jaguars have found a scapegoat for the team’s mediocre, putrid offensive output from this past season: offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch. The Jaguars fired Fisch for overwhelming rookie starting quarterback Blake Bortles with the entire playbook and expecting too much from the inexperienced first rounder, according to ESPN’s Michael DiRocco. Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley expressed a desire to ease Bortles into the offense more patiently, instead of simply throwing the young signal-caller into games without much of a safety net or simplified play-calling.

“There is a lot of truth now to philosophical differences as far as we want to put on Blake’s plate to do a lot,” said Bradley. “Let’s throw a lot at him and then let’s see how much he’ll be able to carry that over to next year. Or, no, let’s not put a lot on his plate and let him grow through this. Which way is best? I don’t know. I know the way we kind of want to do it.”

Fisch oversaw an offense that did not have much of an identity during his two years as offensive coordinator; the team lacked playmakers who struck fear into opposing defenses, and the team was neither an above average rushing or passing team. As a result, defenses oftentimes stacked the box, or put an extra defender or two close to the line of scrimmage, daring the Jaguars and their rookie quarterback Bortles to throw the ball to beat them.

The Jaguars were 31st in passing yards, 21st in rushing yards, and last in the NFL in points scored in 2014. No matter how one slices it, Jacksonville undoubtedly had one of the worst offenses in the league, rookie quarterback notwithstanding. And in 2013, the Jaguars finished 31st in total offense (out of 32 teams).

Whoever is tapped to replace Fisch as offensive coordinator will be asked to develop Bortles into a dependable starting quarterback, and jumpstart an offense that is perhaps the least threatening in the NFL. Marc Trestman, the recently-fired head coach of the Chicago Bears, has been rumored as a possible candidate to get the job, according to Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida-Times Union. Trestman and head coach Gus Bradley have apparently become close, states O’Halloran.

In his two years as Chicago’s head coach, Trestman turned the Bears –long a defensive-minded team not known for its offensive prowess – into one of the most high-powered offenses in the league. In 2013, Trestman helped the Bears jump from 16th in points scored in 2012 to tied for second in the league, a remarkable turnaround considering there was no massive overhaul of the team’s offensive roster. Furthermore, Trestman made magic with backup quarterback Josh McCown, a journeyman who stepped in marvelously for the injured Jay Cutler. Last year, the Bears nearly won the NFC North division title, falling just short by losing to the Green Bay Packers in their last game of the 2013 regular season.

Trestman has a reputation as a quarterback guru, although his relationship with Bears quarterback Jay Cutler seemed to sour in their second season together this year, as Cutler led the NFL in turnovers. But if Gus Bradley and others in the Jaguars believe that Trestman truly is a “quarterback whisperer” of sorts, and that he is a miracle worker for making Josh McCown into a viable NFL starting quarterback, he is a logical hire for a team whose offense needs a major boost.