(08-27-2018, 12:30 AM)JUNGLE CAT 2017 Wrote: My impressions of the game?

I feel just terrible for Marqise Lee. I know how hard he works day in and day out. I know what leadership he exudes through his intense professionalism. I really hope he can rehab and return. 

WRs put 100% of their trust in the QB. GOOD QBs don't put their WRs in bad positions.

It's up to the QB to see trouble coming and not make a throw that leads the WR into danger. Byron Leftwich eventually lost his job when it was determined that if he continued to pay no credence to this unwritten law he would irreparably damage his entire WR corps. 

There seems to be this disconnect in modern coaching that allows a quarterback to treat WRs as disposable. This 'dime a dozen' mentality unfortunately seems to be the norm as we see more and more QBs damaging WRs and/or RBs as if this were simply a unavoidable part of the game. Keeping a completion percentage elevated at the expense of a WR is not the object of the game.

Bortles was NOT rushed heavily. He was NOT under duress. Yet he did not go through his progressions.

QB's have microseconds to make a decision. There is no way Bortles can be held responsible for Lee taking a hit. It's his job to determine whether he can complete the pass. 

So much happens in the time Bortles begins his throwing motion and the time the receiver catches it... do you know how difficult it would be for Bortles to figure out if he is putting a receiver in harms way???

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