(11-28-2017, 01:27 PM)FBT Wrote: Bortles decision making issues would be less of a problem if some of those drops were actually caught.  A couple of the drops this past weekend were as egregious as it gets.  Cole had gotten behind coverage and the pass was delivered perfectly and he still dropped it.  On the poorly called pass play to Lee on that last drive, the ball hit him in the hands and he almost slapped the thing away like he's a DB.  If both of those plays go the other way, the mental errors Bortles has had would be minimized completely.

Not defending Blake, BTW, but when we're talking about being victimized, his receivers (including Marcedes and Yeldon who both had drops this past week) have done more than their fair share to undermine any potential success this offense might be able to find in these games.  There have been a couple of losses so far this year where Lee has contributed directly by not catching passes he should have.

No... sorry, but no.

That play is a PERFECT example of why Bortles makes his WRs look bad.

Cole had inside leverage on his man.

Cole had a step on his man.

Bortles pass was on the outside of the DB, forcing Cole to come back INTO coverage and attempt to make the catch.  He literally threw the DB back into the play, instead of putting the ball to the inside and in front of Cole, where he'd have had the easy catch and likely a TD.  THAT... would have been delivered perfectly.

Hell, that was even called out on the Broadcast.

Bortles routinely throws the ball in position to make the catch FAR more difficult than it should be, and that's the #1 reason our Offense looks pathetic.  The easy stuff isn't easy.

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