(10-27-2017, 02:08 AM)HandsomeRob86 Wrote:

(10-26-2017, 09:09 AM)Kane Wrote: So its Mularkeys fault that everyone thought the tacks would be better than they were?
Makes sense... since the Jags were supposed to be good LAST YEAR and obviously it was Gus holding back this team.

However...
I wouldn't put it all on Mularkey... Mariota was the #2 overall selection. If we can be critical of Blake, we can be critical of his play. He is NOT playing as well as last season. Why? Who knows... but the coach is the same as last year and everyone was singing praises.

Agree completely, Mariota has really been getting a pass for his play this year, which is no where near last year. Maybe this is the same situation as Bortles with after 2015, where by the end of 16 he was starting to get on the hot seat. 

All I will say about Bortles is that he doesn't look like a franchise guy, but he is better than some other starters. Compared to most of the straight up Busts that are drafted at QB (Griffen, Osweiler, Ponder, Weeden etc) in the first round, he is at least a low teir starting QB. Which is a problem. He has us in the Tanninhill situation. Tannenhill is better than anything Miami had since Marino, but he isn't a real franchise QB. They are good enough that you almost have to keep them on, but don't seem good enough to take you to the SB.

If Griffin didn't suffer that knee injury I think he has a better career. Maybe never an elite multi-playoff winning guy... But much better than the flame out that happened.
Bortles is playing better... but it still isn't quite what you'd expect from a 4th year player, imo. But if we see a gradual and consistent improvement over the last few games I could see it being a tough decision for Tom and Dave. I suspect if he strings together a bunch of 300 yard performances he'll actually earn a shot to hold down the job. But if he Jekyll and Hyde's all the way to the finish, he'll be done and we'll be starting over at QB.

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