(10-04-2017, 12:16 PM)JaguarsWoman Wrote:

(10-04-2017, 11:59 AM)Etdavis2006 Wrote: This is kind of my sentiments. I want him to be the guy and this makes it that more hard for me to believe he will be. The dude is getting time and is staying clean for the most part and still isn’t accurate. I’m almost tempted to see what Henne can do with the time Bortles has in the pocket

Accuracy is mostly on Blake Burtles, obviously, but is it totally his fault that balls get batted down at the LOS? The OL is supposed to help him with that part.

I’m not a nfl coach so I could be completely wrong but I believe the reason d-linemen are able to bat down his passes are for a few reasons: he is telegraphing his passes, so they are able to time their jumps; his release has slowed down which is giving them that extra half second to react and jump and he is throwing the same types of passes so they are anticipating the pass coming their way. Garrard had this same issue and these we’re some of the reasons it was happening then. 

Linemen aren’t always gonna block perfect, the pocket will not always be pretty. If he needs everything to be perfect to excel then we will win maybe 2 more games. He’s not a good thrower so it’s not surprising to see he struggles to get the ball over the line when he himself is 6’5.

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