(01-24-2018, 03:22 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(01-24-2018, 03:21 PM)jagsfan1983 Wrote: He was a play here or there from getting us to the Super Bowl. The moment wasn't too big for him going on the road to Pittsburgh and New England in January. He could have folded like a tent after getting his first playoff win and nobody would have been surprised or necessarily blamed him in his first playoff experience. Kirk Cousins and Alex Smith are a combined 2-8 in the playoffs. Smith couldn't muster a second half point at home against the Titans to get eliminated this year. People are acting like these guys are nails. Alex Smith until this breakout year at 33 has made a career out of being a game manager that throws for 15-20 touchdowns a season and limits turnovers. Smith and Cousins aren't elite options. Smith's QB Rating in 7 years with San Fran was worse than Bortles. Same with Cousins first few years. The more time in the league, the more the game slows down for QBs. Blake is only 25.

That's what they're asking Blake to do and Smith is better than Bortles at that.

He had a 2.1% INT rate on the year which is top half of the league. Save for 2 meaningless games at the end of the season when the Jags had the division wrapped up he had an interception rate of 1.5%. That is elite. Only 3 players had a lower INT % than that. And guess what? He has improved that percentage every season. Similar to basically every other young quarterback entering the league.

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