First, what a season, it has been epic.

Recently I've been thinking about why Bortles has seemingly evolved this year. I've been asking myself a few questions and thought it would be interesting to hear what y'all think.

1. Did the preseason benching spark this? And was that the point?

At that stage not many of us had high hopes for the season. But was it all a plan to light a fire under Blake? Was he ever really gonna be benched? Do you think it finally snapped Blake into the reality that he needed to produce or he was out?

2. Did the injuries to his top WRs actually help him? 

Tricky one, but the argument can be made that Bortles was somewhat overshadowed by his WRs. I'm thinking of the Arob reaction in the bucs preseason game. It's possible that with Arob out, and Hurns and Lee missing time that Blake was forced to step up into a leadership role and felt less pressure to 'feed' his WRs, freeing him up to spread if around. It's a tough one, either way credit to Blake.

3. Would any QB have similar success in this offense?

More of a negative question, but it's possible that any semi-decent qb would have done well. I'm sure any of the established qbs would love to play against the single man coverage that Blake has faced this year. Is it because of teams stacking up against the run that Blake has succeeded? 

At this stage I am happy to roll with Blake as QB for next season, and credit to him for turning his career around. Obviously the playoffs are gonna be the deciding factor in how we view him.

What do y'all think?

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