(04-07-2018, 08:43 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(04-07-2018, 08:18 AM)JagsFansince1995 Wrote: So you honestly believe that Bortles scrambling ability is because he aborts sitting in the pocket to find open receivers because coach said so.......He makes his share of mistakes when receivers are open and he chooses to run; but I highly doubt, Marrone told him to run instead of staying in the pocket to find open receivers on passing plays.  I just cant rn

I think he has some natural running ability, but I think he is told to avoid long throws, because the coaching staff doesn't trust him. I believe they tell him, when in doubt, run and when you know you aren't trusted by the coaching staff to do certain things, you can lose confidence in yourself. This in turn, makes him run more. He never ran so much in the first couple of years in the NFL or in college, but the more criticism he got, the more he started to run.

I can understand why you might believe that.

But it’s not true.

In each of his four seasons with the Jaguars, Bortles has run roughly the same number of times.

(Pretty close to an average of 3.6 attempts per game every season)

2014 - 56 (in 14 games)
2015 - 52 in 16
2016 -58 in 16
2017 - 57 in 16

The average for 2017 goes up a bit in the playoffs - but that’s distorted massively by the ONE game against the Bills.

It’s true he’s throwing it less. And that’s almost certainly a game plan.

But he’s not choosing to run with the ball more.

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