(12-03-2017, 10:45 PM)paulyman29 Wrote: I was very impressed with Bortles today. He will never be a deadly accurate thrower so we will continue to see occasional throws behind the WR's etc... However, he was very good down the field today which is a rarity and it was nice to see. This team needs the Bortles that played today if it plans on making the tournament and being competitive there. I understand Bortles is probably not the long term answer but he's the guy this year and if he plays like he did today then the Jags are a force to be reckoned with.

The defense played well for the most part. I dont like that it the Colts scored on a long play. It seems the Jags blow an assignment or two in the secondary each game and it has amounted to too many long scores.

Agreed completely on Bortles, but it does raise a potential conundrum.  Suppose the Jaguars ru the table and win it all this year with Bortles as startign QB, and he plays well during this stretch.  Do you keep him as the long term starter, or do you give him the Baltimore Trent Dilfer treatment and try to get a better QB?

I didn't see the play well enough from my perch to see what happened on the Hilton score.  It seemed like he caught a pass across the middle then broke it for a TD, not so much a blown assignment, but I could easily be wrong here. I agree with you these need to stop.

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(12-03-2017, 11:28 PM)SuperJville Wrote: I think our crowd is die hard because it is the same struggling crowd that we've had for years.  Winning now isn't changing it. I'm sure consistent winning would change that...

On the other hand, a lot of empty seats around the NFL...

I've little doubt the bulk of our crowd are the die hards, and for whatever reason, the bandwagoners are reluctant to climb aboard just yet.  Perhaps if we make the playoffs and make a decent run, the bandwagoner effect will take hold next season.

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