(01-09-2018, 10:33 AM)jagherd Wrote:

(01-08-2018, 05:28 PM)spacecoastjag Wrote:  Anyone who listens to the media is a total moron. I listened to Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms rip Bortles for throwing under 100 yards. Then I turn on ESPN and Bortles is ONE of only 4 QB's in history of NFL to win a playoff game throwing under 100 yards.....who else was on the list? Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms. 

Only sheep listen to media.

Normally, I totally agree.

However, when fairly successful ex-QBs/ ex-coaches (Romo, Simms, Esiason, Cowher) are analyzing Bortles' play and how it affects a gameplan, they're not wrong. They now just a little bit more than any one of us (me, you, all MB posters) about what they see.

There's a reason the gameplan is what it is. It's Bortles, plain and simple. 

The las time they played Pitt,, Bortles only had 1 pass in the entire 2nd half,, ONE!
Why?
Because the defense ended up spotting the team a lead, and no way in HADES were the Jags gonna jeopardize a victory by taking a chance on BB making a boneheaded play or two which would let the Steelers back in it. (Ala the Jets game, when Bortles flips a ball to a big fat D-lineman who runs it all the way near the goal line and gives them points).

It's why the Bills gameplan looked the way it did. The Jags were likely gonna win that game the way the defense was playing lights out. 

During the flow of the game, when it looks like the Jags can secure a victory playing like that, you can BET they try to minimize any chance for Bortles to make a killer mistake. 

You can't blame the coaching AT ALL for that. If you have a great chance at winning, you go with what works. Don't jeopardize it with potential mistakes.

1 pass in Pitt during the 2nd half. One.

The question is why are you questioning a successful strategy and what will you cry about when the copycat league starts doing the same thing? With a 10 point lead you shouldn't throw the ball again, you should simply use your powerful running game to bleed out the game clock. The idea that aggressive offense is the only way to win is silly and this team is proving it (again).

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