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The Jaguars fell to 1-4 on Sunday in a 38-31 loss to the Buccaneers that left coach Gus Bradley with a bad taste in his mouth for the 29th time in 37 games as the team’s head coach.

Bradley watched his team get gashed by Doug Martin on the ground, fail to force a turnover against a Tampa team that’s been prone to them, turn the ball over twice themselves and allow six sacks in a dispiriting loss. Tight end Marcedes Lewis said Bradley “went in on us” after the game that “enough is enough” for a team that the coach believes is lacking “the grit needed to sustain things.”

“I’m hoping that this setback shocks us to get things right,” Bradley said, via ESPN.com. “I believe in these guys. The reason I’m upset is they’re capable of better. That’s the reason I’m upset. I’m not upset because we’re not very good. We’re capable of being better and we’re not showing it. That’s what frustrating. You say, ‘Hey, Gus, you said this was built.’ It is built. We’ve got enough good players in that locker room do better than what we’re doing on the field today. That’s a fact. I’ve always tried to be honest with everybody, the fans, and you guys, and that’s how I’m feeling. I don’t know — maybe tomorrow I’ll come back and I’ll go, ‘I looked at things [and they weren’t as bad].’ But that’s how I’m feeling right now.”

The frustration is understandable, but so would be frustration with Bradley in his third year as the team’s head coach. It’s not the first time Bradley has castigated his team for failing to overcome adversity this season and it’s a continued refrain that reflects poorly on the people charged with getting the Jaguars ready to play every week.

Everyone knew that Bradley was taking over a team at rock bottom and that buys time to build a roster that can bring better results. Those results need to start coming, though, or it is going to be harder and harder to come up with arguments for why someone else shouldn’t be in charge of getting them.