(04-29-2018, 12:46 AM)IFred Jones-Brunell Wrote: Mariota isn’t a great passer. Blake isn’t the best either. Right now they are both 1A and 1B in the division with Luck’s future not being fully clear yet and Watson showed promise but I’m getting RG3 flash backs after a knee injury derailed a great rookie year. Bottom line, I firmly believe that you could swap both quarter backs and there wouldn’t be much difference

Yeah no. Mariota has never passed for less than 60%. In four seasons, Bortles finally had a season above 60%. Bortles has never had a passer rating in the 90’s, despite having better receivers. Mariota carried his team even when his O-Line didn’t protect him, he didn’t have good receivers, and he didn’t have a top defense to fall back on. In his three seasons, the guy that Jaguar fans claim can’t stay on the field, has eight fourth quarter comebacks. In his four seasons, Bortles has six. And despite Mariota having by Mariota standards a poor statistical season, four of those 4th quarter comebacks happened last season. When the team as whole isn’t playing well, Mariota still comes through. Nobody in their right mind would take Bortles over Mariota. If Bortles played for the Titans, we’d have better draft positions. That’s all we would have to look forward to.

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