At this point in Bortles' career and development, writing off the Jags because of Blake is an unwise assumption. 

Blake gets plenty of flack from me regarding accuracy, decision making, and consistency, but there are many things working in his favor at the moment. 

 - He's got play-off experience under his belt now, and while his performance had its flaws, he didn't wilt under pressure and he made some big plays along the way. 

 -  Marrone and Hackett have done a remarkable job of paring down the passing game to suit his strengths while jettisoning much of the stuff that he struggles to execute. 

- An improved (on paper) O-Line that was already pretty good - plus a tough and speedy featured RB that figures to do plenty of the heavy lifting for the offense.  These are big factors when analyzing this "QB situation."  It will continue to take pressure off of Blake to win games through the air. Often he will only need to "do just enough." 

- Speed, speed and more speed at WR could change the landscape in 2018 for this offense if Bortles is able to get on the same page with his top receivers in the intermediate and deep passing game this offseason.  It's not a stretch to think we'll see more shots downfield in play action and there should be enough talent on field to create mismatches and get open there. 

I see a lot of factors working in Blake's favor and I think he has his best chance to succeed lying in front of him right now. I'm cautiously optimistic he'll take another solid step forward and we'll see the ranks of his naysayers diminish again.

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