Quote:The second story comes from one of Blake's own baseball games, when he was 8 years old.
 
 
"He missed a ball. He was playing first base, and they lost the game because of the error," Rob remembers. "And he fell down and started crying. And I went over and said, 'We don't do that. What we do is we compete as hard as we can compete.' And after that, it never happened again. He totally understood. It's a game. We play hard. But when it's done, it's done."

 
http://www.nfl.com/labs/rr/cleanslate/cl...ters_breer

This article came out before the Jags drafted him. You can really understand why Gus and Dave feel so drawn to him other than just his football skills, he epitomizes what they preach. His entire life has been about competing, and he loves to do it. He spoke their language before they ever spoke to him.

I think Johnny Manziel is the only other QB in this draft with similar qualities, but Bortles doesn't bring all the hollywood-esque baggage with him and has far better pocket presence like Bridgewater. In Bortles I think we got the best of both worlds between Bridgewater and Manziel; Bortles has the same "it" factor as Manziel without having as much of an ego and he brings the humbleness and on field calmness of Bridgewater. I'm liking this pick the more and more I read up on it. With Gabbert, even initially, there were just a bunch of red flags when you started looking more into him as a player. With Bortles I'm feeling more and more confident they chose the right guy for this franchise.

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