When coach Gus Bradley arrived in Jacksonville, one week after general manager Dave Caldwell did the same in January of 2013, the two men quickly cut to the chase during a meeting that remains vivid to this day."How are we going to build this team?" Bradley asked Caldwell. "Do we start with offense or defense?"The original answer was a general one: The just needed players. Anywhere and everywhere. It would be a complete makeover. But Caldwell and Bradley both would soon realize New York Mets Jersey it did indeed mean a specific emphasis on offense.And so, with the and as models, the devoted the bulk of their draft resources to building a group that could grow together. First, a left tackle. Then, a quarterback. And some wide receivers. And a couple of guards.You might not realize it -- and locally, you might not want to hear the excuses -- but with the growing noise about Bradley's job security in , the ' plan is actually coming together with encouraging results.How, you ask, can we po sibly use the word "encouraging" to describe a 1-5 team? How, you wonder, can Bradley po sibly deserve patience when Jacksonville's defense (his specialty) and last in takeaways and ?Well, let's start by recognizing three things:A) The initial plan, again, was to build the offense first before devoting full attention to the defense.B) Jr., the third overall pick in the , suffered a season-ending injury .C) Upon arrival, Caldwell and Bradley found this organization in a dismal state.And now, forget Bill Parcells' overvalued philosophy that "you are what your record says you are." Such a shortsighted perspective might be the very reason David Wright Jersey why Parcells himself failed to stick around Dallas and Miami long enough to complete a makeover.The truth is, the should not be defined by their record at this point -- and outside any lack of progre s by the season's end, nobody should be calling for anybody's jobs. (By the way, according to multiple high-level sources in the Jags building, patience does indeed remain intact despite frustrations with the defense's progre s.)After just 2 1/2 years, the best way to gauge this team is to consider the area that has received the most attention: the offense. Specifically, the pa sing offense.In his 13 starts last season, threw nine touchdown pa ses against 15 interceptions. This year? He already has 13 TD strikes against seven picks in six games -- and no quarterback in the NFL has more pa s attempts over 20 yards on the season. Beyond the numbers, sources are specifically impre sed with the way Bortles is escalating his game as a playmaker, something that is likely not even recognized by a bulk of the NFL audience that has watched very little of the this season.And remember last year's highly touted group of rookie wide receivers acro s the NFL, including first-rounders New York Mets Custom Jersey , , Jr., and ? This season, second-year receivers and (the latter of whom was signed last year as an undrafted free agent) have more yards than all of those big names except Beckham, who has one more yard than Robinson.This group, just as designed, is growing together -- made vivid by an offseason of informal workouts spent with one another at a local high school in Jacksonville. By most every account Amed Rosario Jersey , from the protection of the O-line to the playmakers at wide receiver, this offense is surging toward being more than a young, promising group.None of this rosy optimism -- as Jacksonville -- can disguise the i sues on defense, no doubt. And that leaves Bradley especially vulnerable to critics, since he was hired in part for the way he helped Seattle's group of unknowns turn into champions.It certainly is true that Bradley's defense needs to play better, especially late in games, if the are going to put themselves in contention within a very weak division. But it is also true that you'd be fooling yourself if you thought Bradley could easily do with this defense what Seattle accomplished during his tenure as its coordinator.The 2015 e sentially had to do a patchwork job to a semble its defense, with four free-agent acquisitions from this past offseason immediately hitting the starting lineup. Yes, the team knows it is time to invest in defense through the draft, and this year started the proce s with a top-three pick devoted to Fowler.So while it is not ideal for any team to start 1-5, especially in the third year of a regime, the do have a plan. Unfortunately, that plan will keep them squarely in position to take the brunt of the league's jokes for a little longer. And it could also cause plenty to plead for a change in leadership.But with just a little more patience, the will be more than a team that needs to be defended with words. They will be a team turning the corner, a group that soon will threaten a division that is currently up for grabs.Follow Jeff Darlington on Noah Syndergaard Jersey Twitter .