(09-15-2019, 11:51 PM)Eric1 Wrote:

(09-15-2019, 11:17 PM)leopold332002 Wrote: So the three game stretch in 2017 when Blake Bortles had 120 quarterback rating and went toe-to-toe with Russell Wilson was it as good as these first two games of the Season by Gardner? I get the popular thing on this site is to have the Blake Bortles bashing and hate but just sit there and lie like this is wack and immaturity from you. Blake Bortles is gone please let him go and Let Him Live the rest of his career in NFL in peace.

I liked Bortles and I'm a fan of his, I wish him well... But you're comparing a 3 game stretch of his (Bortles, a top 5 pick), who had been in the league for 4 years at that time of that Seahawks game in 2017... Vs a Rookie (6th round pick) QB who has played 2 total games in the NFL and officially started 1 game in the NFL...

I agree in letting the Bortles stuff die/rest, but do you not see the huge difference here?...

This is essentially what I was getting at. I loved the Boat. Anyone here can vouch that I was rarely, if ever, anything but supportive of Blake. But there's an intangible difference here with Minshew. Even during Blake's 2017 stretch of great play, he never quite had the confidence that Minshew puts out. For instance today, when Watson scored I said "game over" because Blake was rarely one you felt confident to lead that comeback and I'm so used to it. Minshew goes on to score 9 unanswered points and a bad play call from a come from behind win. Against a good defense, in his first ever start, as a 6th round rookie.

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