Quote:Bortles is very good when he has proper footwork. Thats a correctable issue. Like other people have mentioned he does many things well that you cant coach. 

 

I was also surprised to see he has similar numbers to Teddy when facing pressure or blitzed. Im slowly warming up to the pick.

 

One of his best traits is that he's extremely accurate when throwing on the run, off balance, in imperfect circumstances.

 

So, even at his worst, he's at his best.  That's not a bad "problem."

 

Biggest thing I worry about is that with a TE background, he's got a punish the tackler mentality.  That kind of toughness is what makes him strong in the pocket, but he could get himself hurt with bigger faster defenders in the NFL when on the run.  But then, Luck is an aggressive runner, too.  Perhaps that's a positive all the way around with the way they've put skirts on the QB and throw a flag at looking at the QB wrong.  Defenders are starting to pull up on running QBs so they don't get flagged for hitting them too hard.

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