Quote:The fact that he did this insisting on the press not being notified in any way reminds me a lot of the kind of charity work we saw from Byron Leftwich when he was with the team. 

 

I remember stumbling into a huge charity event involving a kid's charity that was housed in the same building I worked in.  Leftwich was there to help the kids celebrate Christmas.  He brought a Hummer full of toys for the kids in attendance.  He was taking time to do pictures with each one of the kids, and actually hung out for quite a while.  I talked to one of the people working for the charity, and she said he insisted on not allowing press in because then it would become a circus, and that's not what he wanted.

 

When I see how Bortles not only showed up for this event with the kids, but that he's been continuing to show up since he was a player in high school, and it sounds like this is something he'll probably keep up as a pro, it gives you a good sense for the kind of person he is.  Hopefully things pan out on the field because this guy is going to be pure gold for this franchise and our community if that's the case.