(10-04-2017, 02:35 PM)JaguarsWoman Wrote:

(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.

That is understandable. It’s always a team game so the team lost. It’s just once we break it down, Bortles seems to have the largest role in the loss. The defense generated 5 sacks, 2 turnovers and a defensive touchdown. The offense was only able to generate 13 points. Poor production like that is square on the qb. When you factor in the 8th best offensive line and they 5th ranked rushing attack it even further indicates How much the qbs is hamstringing this team. 

We used to make all this fuse about him getting sacked to much and no run game and the defense couldn’t stop anyone, that’s why it looks like he struggling. Well all of that is fixed now and he looks worse. I’m still holding out hope for him but it’s not looking good at this point.

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