(12-14-2022, 09:02 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(12-14-2022, 08:56 AM)SeldomRite Wrote: Bottles had a lot of good qualities you'd want in a QB, but in the end he was more like Garrard than Trevor.

I thought he could be good in 2015, but that was because I was attributing ability to him that was actually mostly from Hurns and Robinson, and placing a lot of blame for losing on coach sprinkles.

Looking back on it he was a likeable QB, and a fun guy to root for, but not an alpha QB. Trevor is an alpha, when the Jaguars are behind the other team is scared of what he's going to do. In the past when we were behind the team was scared of what our own quarterback was going to do.

Lawrence is light years better than Blake, but Blake wasn't put into an RPO heavy offense that would've maximized his athletic skills either. If the Boat was playing in Tennessee instead of Tammyhill that team would've been really good for a long time.

This is a really great observation.  Bortles would have made a great RPO QB.  I think he'd be more Hurts-like than Lamar Jackson.  A big bodied dude with great straightline speed and tough as nails.

It's a shame, the RPO really was not en Vogue back when Bortles was our QB, so he was stuck trying to be a pocket passer with that god awful wind up he had.  Of course, after the years of "I see dead people" Gabbert, Bortles was a revelation to a fanbase starving for decent QB play.  

I think, as you pointed out to another Mod, many sang the praises of Bortles at the time.  But I think it was mostly wishful praise.  Almost as though, if we put enough positive energy in the the Football Universe, the Gods would smile upon him and us.  But it was never to be.  I can't say for certain what other posters thought or when they realized Bortles wasn't it...  

All I can say is that I was screaming and yelling at anyone that would listen that resigning Bortles to a HUGE contract right after the 2017 season was a mistake.  I'd just be having a drink in a bar and I'd turn to the guy next to me and tell them...  "Remember Garrard????  Bortles is the exact same thing!  We can't resign him to a big deal!"   I'd wake up in the middle of the night, in a cold sweat, screaming out "Bortles!!!  NO CONTRACT!!!"   I had to seek professional help.  

Conversely, since Lawrence has been our QB, I've found myself sleeping better at night.

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