(10-04-2017, 02:26 PM)Etdavis2006 Wrote: 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.

Like I said, we have a cleaner pocket this year with Blake Bortles not being sacked in two games or hit as often. His throwing speed was supposed to increase in the offseason. Blake is the same height as Ben Roethlisberger, but the Steelers have a better OL. We will see the difference Sunday.

It is debatable how much of the Jets loss was on Bortles considering we lost by only three points. Now I am moving on to Pittsburgh.

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