(07-28-2017, 10:01 AM)SuperJville Wrote:

(07-28-2017, 09:01 AM)SeldomRite Wrote: I wonder why the Lions didn't dump Stafford. You all know that after he had a big year and the threw 41 TDs (and 16 INTs) he came back with 20 TDs and 19 INTs? Why in the world did the Lions not cut him? The next season he was worthless and threw 19 INTs. Clearly a terrible player, how insane are the Lions for still having him on their team?

Because of a word called context.

The context is he went 4-12 after his big year then 7-9 with 19 INTs the next.

If the Jaguars go 7-9 with Bortles throwing 19 INTs how loud do you think the peanut gallery will be to can him?

None of that is to say Stafford is great or anything, but he's been to the playoffs three times in an eight year career. Is Bortles the one carrying the blame for the team not making the playoffs in 2015 when he had a game in which he threw five TDs and no INTs and still lost? I'm not saying Bortles is anything more than average so far in most ways, but even average in the NFL is very hard to find, and he might actually turn out better than that.

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