Quote:Or its possible they got it wrong, for whatever reason. We'll see soon enough. I still maintain that based on what I saw, Bridgewater is the best QB in this draft. Bortles might "project" to be a better player down the road, but right now? I don't think he is.

 

Oh of course they might be wrong.  Bridgewater could turn into the only HOF QB from this draft, it's certainly possible.

 

Is it likely?  I don't think so.  I think a lot of Bridgewaters strength were literally fabricated.  When people watched him, he looked like a nice pro-style QB playing college football.  Like an adult playing basketball with teenagers, boxing out, making the extra pass, doing layups from the backboard so to speak.  A lot of that "polish" but nothing that said "wow" to me.  

 

Then people started saying how his "intelligence" or his "ability to read defenses" or "pocket presence" was lightyears ahead of anybody elses...

 

then as people watched more, they saw a guy with an average arm, below average build, and below average athleticism....  

 

When it was time to showcase his skills like everyone else, he failed to do so.  Is he a miraculous player that performs ONLY under the bright lights?  Highly doubt it, but I guess it's possible.

 

If you're a team picking in the top 5, you can't go off of that though.  You gotta go with that guy that checked off all the boxes so to speak, and that guy was Blake Bortles.  Could Dave be wrong?  Sure, of course he can.  But I do trust (and agree) with the assessment that Blake is the only franchise QB (at this moment) in the draft.

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