I have a slightly different opinion. I think Alfie is good at covering the Jaguars and very knowledgeable of football.

I think the problem lately is if you look closely, he hardly ever gives a personal opinion or a take. He mostly quotes or refers to someone else's take and assumes the point he is making is obvious, when it's really just that he's not forming a real personal opinion on the matter anymore.

The Bortles thing is just Alfie arguing an imaginary debate. He's arguing how someone should feel about Bortles, not really selling any particular solution or alternative. Like how you should feel about his practice performance. Then someone says he's negative, and the imaginary argument continues in justifying his right to be negative.

This same pattern is seen over and over again. One party insists the future is 100% certain, and the other party argues they cannot possibly predict the future. In the future, either side can say they were right, even if it was really just a 50/50 chance all along.

I personally value opinions on things that actually HAD happened or SHOULD happen, not what WILL happen.

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