(12-16-2018, 05:03 PM)Upper Wrote:

(12-16-2018, 04:42 PM)hb1148 Wrote: It wasn't obvious, Bortles was coming off of a great season and nearly everyone agreed that it looked like he'd turned the corner.  The new contract was premature but based on what he'd done in 2017, they were probably actually making the financially smart move. It's easy to look back on it and say what should have been.

I don't know how you expect Fournette to break tackles when he's constantly got two or three guys meeting him at the line of scrimmage. Taylor wasn't particularly great at breaking tackles, his best asset was his deceptive speed but again, great line to open holes for a RB will tend to help with that.

We're talking the Mahomes/Watson draft, that was after Bortles' 2016 season...which was one of the worst adjusted seasons in NFL history. It was obvious at the time.

And even if we were talking about 2017, Bortles' was slightly below average in 2017 not even close to great.

In 2017, you saw how he was playing at the end of the year. Those last few games and the playoffs are probably what convinced people he'd turned the corner. If you go back to 2016, there were obviously people in that building who thought he could still develop into a franchise QB. He did throw for nearly 4000 yards that year with 23 touchdowns. If that's one of the worst seasons in NFL history, I'm not sure what it would take to have a good season. My point is, second guessing is easy. Drafting in the NFL is a guessing game and even the best get it wrong as often as they get it right.

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