Simple question.

 

Simple answer.

 

Yes.

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Simple question.


Simple answer.

Yes.

Why do you believe him?? Lol people who have faith in a guy that has proven to lose, don't seem in touch with reality to me... I wouldn't trust you people!

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Why do you believe him?? Lol people who have faith in a guy that has proven to lose, don't seem in touch with reality to me... I wouldn't trust you people!

 

Because people have differing opinions.. I'm very in touch with reality.

 

Just because some of us *think* he can turn it around, that doesn't mean that they're out of touch with reality.

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80% of what I talk about is nonesense.. the other 25% is made up statistics...


 

Why do you believe him?? Lol people who have faith in a guy that has proven to lose, don't seem in touch with reality to me... I wouldn't trust you people!

I can assure you that if our team thought Blake was the SOLE contributor to our losing record - he would be replaced immediately (especially with Coughlin on board). 

 

I have addressed this point in numerous threads, providing numbers and reasons (i.e. playing injured, etc) for why our TEAM sucked and contributed to our losing record - and feel free to go through my posts where I provide this info. Make no mistake, Blake has his share of the blame, but to utterly throw 100% of the burden of loss on him is downright asinine and blind.

 

And because of that, it is you who isn't in touch with reality.

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Because people have differing opinions.. I'm very in touch with reality.


Just because some of us *think* he can turn it around, that doesn't mean that they're out of touch with reality.

OK bro... can u at least tell me why you have faith?

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I can assure you that if our team thought Blake was the SOLE contributor to our losing record - he would be replaced immediately (especially with Coughlin on board).


I have addressed this point in numerous threads, providing numbers and reasons (i.e. playing injured, etc) for why our TEAM sucked and contributed to our losing record - and feel free to go through my posts where I provide this info. Make no mistake, Blake has his share of the blame, but to utterly throw 100% of the burden of loss on him is downright asinine and blind.


And because of that, it is you who isn't in touch with reality.

No one is throwing 100% percent blame on Blake.. just 75% lol..

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OK bro... can u at least tell me why you have faith?

 

Sure, because I've seen bits from him that fill me with confidence that he could do it more regularly.

 

It's not blind faith, I'm just convinced he can. To each their own opinion.. but that's mine.

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80% of what I talk about is nonesense.. the other 25% is made up statistics...


 

No one is throwing 100% percent blame on Blake.. just 75% lol..

With the way you are calling for his head, it seems like you would rather retain Gus Bradley and get rid of Bortles - because according to you, Blake is the only guy who is a proven loser.

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I want him to succeed and be the franchise QB but he is like 11-34 as a starter. He doesn't have the win mentality and doesn't have fluent mechanics. We can work and try to fix him but it takes time. We have a win now defense and good pieces on offense where a QB with good mechanics can come in and help this team win the division. Blake had a good year in 2015 but some of those stats are inflated, he played from behind a lot of the time. If we sign Poe and Murray, QB has to be in play at 4 or a trade for a QB. I'm 50-50 because I don't want to give up on him, I feel like Gus was a huge problem and wasn't able to develop Blake into a better QB. If Gus coached him hard his mechanics would be fixed by now. He is going into his 4th year. The worst thing that could happen is Blake does was Blake does and we end up like the Texans, good defense no QB.

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 At this point in time, the biggest dilemma for the Jaguars is whether to pick up Blake Bortles' 5th year option.  My guess is the option will be picked up because until March, 2018,  the Jaguars can remove the option if it's for non injury reasons.

 

 If the Jaguars can put together a more effective running game this season,  that by itself should lead to plenty of improvement for Bortles.   Whether that will be enough to justify keeping him in 2018 remains to be seen.  He absolutely needs to be better mechanically to have a chance at being a solution.

Here is the thing. Keep hearing running game.  But the reality is this.  Teams will forever stack the box until Blake proves over and over he can efficiantly throw the ball.  So could have Dallas line and won't matter.  Cause with Blake's fantasy stats and all .Scares no one. 

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a few weeks ago it was a hard "no", but what A.J. said about him gave me hope for him. Maybe, just maybe he can become a true franchise QB. 

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No but still wishes he succeeds

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a few weeks ago it was a hard "no", but what A.J. said about him gave me hope for him. Maybe, just maybe he can become a true franchise QB.

Jags fans sound like Falcons fans before Matt Ryan got a running game. Now Ryan has the top running game in the league. Before that Falcons fans wanted Ryan gone haha

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I am

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At this point, Bortles is the best option that the team has.  Forget the fantasy of Romo or anyone else.  Quite frankly, yes he did have a bad season last season, but it wasn't all on him.  As he matures both in life and in the game he will either get better or be another "has been/could have been".  It's very rare for a rookie, 2nd year or even a 3rd year quarterback to come in and just "light it up" when making the transition from the college game to the pro game.  He has the traits of a good NFL QB, the question is whether or not he can develop those traits.

 

The other thing to look at is what is around him.  A better offensive line and better running game would certainly help him.  Over the past two seasons throw any NFL QB behind our line with our (non-existent) running game and the results wouldn't be much better.

 

What really needs to happen for one thing is getting rid of the failed Denard Robinson experiment.  While the guy is a talented athlete, he just isn't very good in the RB role.  I would fill his role with perhaps a real FB type (Greg Jones anyone?).  Telvin Smith is a decent RB, but isn't very good in the protection role in passing situations, he's better getting out of the backfield and being a receiver option.  Chris Ivory is kind of a hybrid and an option on short plays, but really isn't a FB.

 

The bottom line is, surround Bortles with a good group of talent behind a good offensive line, and I think that he would do really well.

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There are 10 kinds of people in this world.  Those who understand binary and those who don't.

...short answer; yes, I think he exists.

Do I think he is the long term answer for the Jags at quarterback? Ah! a much tougher (and more clearly posed) question.

 

He has not done enough of the right stuff on the field during a game to convince me that he is. On the other hand, he has been doing plenty of the wrong stuff on the field to make me question if he will ever be the right guy for us at quarterback.

 

Still... I think we should give him one more season to see if he can be convincing as the starting franchise quarterback. To convince me, he will need to become far more consistent with making good passes and stop committing so many turnovers. Yes, I know he has set franchise records... I also know most of that was accomplished during 'garbage time' play. I care about the teams win/losses, not about individual records.

 

I'll believe a lot more in Bortles as a quarterback if he can lead the Jags to it's first winning season in a long time this coming season. If he doesn't, we need to look for a better quarterback; simple as that.

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TBD but if I had to vote now I would say no.  He has had much more negativity in his career than positivity.

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I can assure you that if our team thought Blake was the SOLE contributor to our losing record - he would be replaced immediately (especially with Coughlin on board). 

 

I have addressed this point in numerous threads, providing numbers and reasons (i.e. playing injured, etc) for why our TEAM sucked and contributed to our losing record - and feel free to go through my posts where I provide this info. Make no mistake, Blake has his share of the blame, but to utterly throw 100% of the burden of loss on him is downright asinine and blind.

 

And because of that, it is you who isn't in touch with reality.

Bingo.  It amazes me how many people think the team was 3-13 solely because of Blake Bortles.  At one point it was going to take the Jags 7 games to pass Adrian Peterson's single game rushing record.  The oline was horrible. The apologists say they ONLY gave up 35 sacks..lol.  They couldn't gain more than a yard running the ball because the oline couldn't even get a push against teams who played us against the pass. Want to talk about garbage stats?  The "Top 10" defense was 25th points allowed which is all that matters.  And above all else, the head coach had the worst record in NFL history.

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With the way you are calling for his head, it seems like you would rather retain Gus Bradley and get rid of Bortles - because according to you, Blake is the only guy who is a proven loser.

Nahhh I give him 5 games to prove he has improved... that's it! If he still can't make the plays needed to win games then we sit him..

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Jags fans sound like Falcons fans before Matt Ryan got a running game. Now Ryan has the top running game in the league. Before that Falcons fans wanted Ryan gone haha

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except Matt has never been as bad as Blake ever.

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