(09-25-2017, 03:49 PM)Kane Wrote:

(09-25-2017, 03:41 PM)SeldomRite Wrote: I'm not saying you're wrong, but Bortles has actually been pretty consistent under Marrone. People here are just super ready to jump on him after a game pole the titans where one horrible snap in pass protection and one batted pass made his day look especially bad.

I think the biggest problem early in the season was too much desire to go run run pass. The attack against the Ravens was much more balanced and clearly they were totally caught off guard by Lewis's ability to do anything at all, much less do a pretty good impression of ARob in the red zone.

I expect in the rematch with the titans there will be more play action passing against run stopping fronts and less running into the teeth of the defense.

Not saying the Jaguars are a playoff team with Bortles, but they look like they could be.

I was a longtime Bortles "apologist" he kinda lost me this season although I've always said if he can string together the good and limit the bad to just a few a season this team could win with him as QB.
However we've seen in recent years that you gotta have a QB to go deep. Otherwise, we're the tinhorns.
CAN he be THAT guy? Sure... like I said, he's had games like this before. Unfortunately, they are usually sammiched between a couple mediocre or bad games.

If everything else is clicking, we can win with Bortles. I don't put the whole tacks game on Bortles at all but he certainly didn't help..
He has yet to show he can be the guy that truly takes over a game.
And until that happens, I don't think any naysayer should be forced to eat crow.