Other than the size/durability issues, there is one massive, critically important NFL trait that Bortles has in spades and Manziel has in 2-7...and that is eye level. Bortles gets most of his love with the Luck/Big Ben comparisons, and those comparisons of course derive from pocket manipulation/eye level.

 

Johnny sees the rush and drops his eyes way too quickly and far too often, even when he is in a perfect pocket. You can get away with it better in college (Tebow was the king of dropping eye level too), but you just can't drop your eyes until you get to relative safety before looking upfield again in the much faster and more disciplined NFL.

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