Hue Jackson wants to ease the pressure he's placed on Cody Kessler, whom he benched in the third quarter of Thursday night's 28-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
"Cody has done some good things, too," Jackson said. "Maybe we've been a little too harsh on him that way. He's made some jumps in some areas."
Jackson noted on Wednesday that Kessler has had a revolving door on the offensive line and didn't have receiver Corey Coleman until the last two weeks.
"He's playing with a cast of players that he's starting to get familiar with and they are getting familiar with him," Jackson said. "That's just work in progress. Young quarterbacks grow at different rates."