(09-15-2017, 01:14 PM)SDM Wrote:

(09-15-2017, 11:38 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: The running game is why he only attempted 21 passes. He also suffered 4 drops from receivers and a TE in that game.  Two of them for what should have been big gains.  But of course - every QB suffers drops. 
 
Still -  this thread (from my perspective)  is about a coaching staff trying to turn a poorly performing QB into one that doesn't single-handedly give away games. 
They are making strides in that direction, clearly. 

Can Bortles still go out there and make costly errors when asked to throw it 35 times?  Absolutely. Very possible.  Many would say "likely."  
But the new regime is bent on him not having to do that and it's starting to click.  Sunday will tell us just how much it's clicking IMO.

Not so much the lack of attempts I was talking about so much as the 52% completion percentage.  That's all well and good when you're in control all game long thanks to your defense and run game.  I'll be interested to see how he does when one or both of those units are struggling and he has to put the game on his shoulders.  

No doubt he's been better under Marrone.  Still a pretty small sample size at this point though.

The problem with this line of thinking is that you are assuming qbs are supposed to be able to put the team on their back. Unless they are Brady or Rodgers, every other qb is practically incapable of doing that. As a fan of just football this is something I'm realizing. To win games you have to do multiple things well not just have a good qb. Getting a solid qb is hard enough and that is not good enough to win. Even a good qb need some other good aspects of a team to be successful. It takes a truly elite generational qb to overcomes major deficiencies on a football team.

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