I get why one would want to defend Bortles' game against the 49ers because he did play well outside of 3 back breaking turnovers, but you shouldn't overlook how bad the turnovers were. He threw a pick 6 and provided the 49ers with two very short fields from which they scored two more touchdowns. Maybe the pick 6 wasn't entirely his fault, but in watching the play back I'm not so sure and I don't know what people want Cole to do in that situation. If he catches that ball he gets shellacked a lot worse than he did and probably winds up out of the game. Looking at the coaches tape, that throw was probably a second late as Cole was open over the middle as soon as he made his cut. If the ball is thrown earlier, Cole catches it easy with time to react to the defender.

The defense clearly wasn't having a good day, but hanging them out to dry like those three turnovers did isn't going to result in many wins for most teams and it negates a lot of the good he might have done otherwise. I'm just looking for those types of throws not to happen tomorrow against the tacks and for him (and the team as a whole) to make that 49er game the anomaly. But taking a look at the entire picture regarding Blake against the 49ers, I can't call that a good performance.

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