Footwork does affect spirals albeit not in the way you think, footwork affects your overall mechanics and bad footwork will throw other parts of your motion out of synch or make you throw off balance which can cause you to not get a good wrist snap and have passes wobble. Bortles issue isnt so much this, its his stiff front leg that causes him to miss his target (especially on deeper routes) he tends to underthrow quite a bit. Further I've noticed that when he rolls out or throws outside the pocket he almost always plants off his outside foot, don't know if thats a good or bad thing though, just something I've observed from watching his college tape. 

 

As far as him being the backup, Henne's starting right now because he's the best QB on the roster (it hurt to type that..) and gives us the best chance to win this year. I'd rather have Bortles as the backup than Stanzi, Morris etc. since if Henne, our best chance to win, is unavailable, I'd rather have the kid get experience and take reps against NFL defenses in a regular season game. As much as the reps in TC and preseason are valuable, its nothing compared to a regular season game. I think that if some games gets out of hand (we're blowing out the other team/being blown out) we should put BB5 in the game in the 4th quarter just to get him some experience. 

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