(04-02-2019, 09:10 AM)sfljaguarsfan Wrote:

(04-01-2019, 05:30 AM)iapetus Wrote: Actually he mostly doesn't. Last year aside (because I haven't looked at those numbers and because a season where you've lost just about everyone at OL and WR doesn't make for a fair comparison) Bortles actually had very few garbage time stats, because the team had very little actual garbage time. When they lost a lot of games, they lost a lot of close games. Feel free to be negative about Bortles, but the argument that his stats came in garbage time never made a lick of sense.

Yeah it never made sense until you've actually watched him play that is... HOW can you be a jags fan and have watched Bortles all these years and not realize so many games he ever did jack until the game was out of reach and the defense was in soft zone prevent ?

This argument should be done as he is no longer a jag.  As Jags fans this is just a situation where knowledge of the game is different amongst us.  I felt the coaching staff didnt know how to utilize Blake to expand on his strengths and minimize his weaknesses popping up.  Other fans felt that the staff couldnt do anything and he just sucked due to not being able to read a defense and his throwing motion.  

I see it as this. If Blake sucked and could barely do anything then this staff should be fired for keeping him as long as they did.  I also feel that if they saw any glimpse of hope, they suck, because they didnt know how to harp on it and make it work.  I saw an inconsistent gameplan week in and week out almost every game of the season these past few years coupled with an excuse that the QB was inconsistent.  You cant have both, and even if you do, one needs to go to even try to get some form of consistency in motion.  I focused on ways we could work with BB and actually use his strengths to get better results and the staff chose to go run first and erase all hope for a consistent passing game in a passing league.  

Some argue he just sucks so there was never any hope.  I argue this staff was incompetent and didnt even try basic strategy to help him moreso than running crossers.  No read option for alot of plays, no qb designed runs, nothing to mix up the offense to keep the defense off balance.  Just run run, then pass or scramble due to pressure.  We'll never know because we have Foles now.  I just know we could've won a ship with him but went soft so hopefully Foles is the answer and its playoffs and ship in the next 2 years.  IF not fire everyone.

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