(03-26-2019, 03:00 PM)Steelers Beaches Wrote:

(03-26-2019, 10:51 AM)JaguarKick Wrote: I often question what Bortles could have been if not for the Gus Bradley regime.  He has everything you want physically...if he'd had someone to craft and sculpt him and hadn't been thrown in the fire right away (sound familiar?) he definitely could have been better.  But that's water under the bridge.  Let's get it, Foles!

A lot of failed QBs are physically talented enough to excel. But you can't fix the hard wiring in the brain. Hell. Blaine Gabbert was physically gifted enough to succeed; what happened there? Ryan Leaf, Heath Shuler, Rob Johnson, JaMarcus Russell, Matt Leinart, Mark Malone, Brady Quinn, Kyle Boller, Vince Young, David Carr, Joey Harrington, Rick Mirer, and so on. All had physical talent, but it wasn't enough. As as soon as Jville drafted Bortles, I didn't like the pick. I was at Sneakers in Jax Beach at the time. Bortles biggest kudos was he "looked like" Big Ben. Not good enough. Ben has the intangibles that BB will never have. 

By the way, here are the players Jags passed on to draft Leftwich, Gabbert and Bortles. 

Jordan Gross
Terrell Suggs
Ty Warren
Troy Polamalu (sure fire hall of famer)
Calvin Pace
Larry Johnson
JJ Watt
Nate Solder
Cameron Jordan
Mark Ingram
Cameron Heyward
Khalil Mack
Mike Evans
OBJ
Aaron Donald
Zack Martin

Just imagine what the Jags could be with a JJ Watt, Mack, Donald, etc?