(12-16-2018, 04:42 PM)hb1148 Wrote:

(12-16-2018, 03:35 PM)JackCity Wrote: At the time it was plainly obvious they should have taken a QB over Fournette too. Watson and Mahomes were great prospects and Bortles is not a good QB.  

Their decision at the time was terrible and it's even worse when you look at it now.

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Taylor was extremely agile+ explosive for his size and could run through people for fun. Fournettes contact balance and agility is very poor. 

He doesn't break anywhere near as many tackles as guy his size should

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.

Bortles was god awful in 2016. We had our shot to take our franchise QB at #4 but instead doubled down on Blake and here we are. It was a bad move at the time and its a bad move now.   

Breaking tackles isn't just trucking people. Fred broke arm tackle with ease and was hell for tacklers to bring down once he started moving. Fournette is not good at breaking arm tackles, his contact balance is very poor. Look at someone like Kareem Hunt, he's not as heavy as LF but he bounces off tacklers with ease because his contact balance is so good.

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