(04-14-2018, 10:48 AM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(04-12-2018, 06:52 PM)hb1148 Wrote: I think if Blake can put together an entire season looking like he did in the first 3 games in December and against the Steelers and Pats in the playoffs, he'd have an argument to be considered the best QB in the division.

If Blake could put together an entire season like that, nevermind the division, he'd be the best QB in the NFL.

You have hit something right on the head here.

People think that those games he was just playing ok to good, when in fact it was as good as anyone else in the NFL.

Every pass Bortles throws that is incomplete is micro analyzed from arm angle to whether it was a perfect spiral.

Many other completed throws are micro analyzed as to whether the receiver had to wait a microsecond on the route.


An incomplete pass for other QB's?   a number on the stat line.

Every completed pass?  A reflection of that QB's mastery of being a QB.

Luck, Watson, and Maryota all have made plenty of bad decisions over the last few years, yet those are glossed over.

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(04-14-2018, 01:48 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(04-14-2018, 11:59 AM)Jags02 Wrote: I'm sure he said that knowing the Jaguars led the league in rushing for much of the year, however, that helped the passing game. 

Regardless of leading the league in rushing at any point, the Jags did not handcuff the pass. 
They actually treated each opponent with an individual gameplan. Some leaned more to the run, some more to the pass. Sometimes the plan worked, sometimes it didn't. 

Regardless of the Jags clear intent to run the ball last season, the pass only went through moments of being  "handcuffed" for portions of a few individual games.  (four games by my recollection)
This isn't the first post I've seen claiming some sort of handcuffing of Bortles or the passing game and I'm simply making an effort to point out the inaccuracy of that narrative.

I wonder if the same people who disregard all previous statistical stats for Bortles as "Garbage Time" also go on record for pointing out how many fewer opportunities he had because the team blew out so many opponents?

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