(03-14-2019, 06:31 AM)lastonealive Wrote: Look I'm as hopeful as anyone that Foles is great.

But Bortles did not waste the D. He was within minutes of the Superbowl. If the ref doesn't blow that Jack play dead he is playing Foles in the Superbowl.

Let's not forget the D played poor against Brady late in the game. Gave up 40 against Pittsburgh and gave up 40 against SF a couple of weeks prior to that. The D hit the wall.

Hit a wall?

Without the defense in 2017, they win 4 games. Did you watch the Pittsburgh game? The defense scored one of the TDs AND set up another one with an interception. So they gifted Blake 14 points. Not to mention Pitt had 2 of the luckiest hail mary TD catches I've seen in a while. Oh and that Myles Jack play you're talking about... yea... that's all the defense.

Are you really trying to sit here and act like the defense was an issue in 2017 and Blake was fine? You're still making excuses for Blake?

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(03-13-2019, 09:04 PM)JagFanFirst Wrote: A few lessons this franchise should learn from the Bortles era.

No more drafting 'project' QBs with a top five pick

Unless the quarterback in question is Andrew Luck or Trevor Lawrence, do everything you can to make sure your rookie QB sits on the bench the first year and learns. Caldwell, I believe drafted Bortles with this intent, but for some reason, Bradley threw him into the fire early.

Probably not a good idea to keep hiring/firing offensive coordinators every year. It makes it even harder for a rookie to learn one system, and they have to adjust to another. This is actually why A-Rob said he left Jax.

I do wish Blake luck. He handled all of the criticism, fair and unfair, with class. He is durable, and he can run. I'm sure another team will pick him up.

Do we really need to go through the list of the QBs who have started right away and ended up being great? The list is really long.

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