Quote:I think we're all very happy with what we saw from Bortles today, posting a strong outing and making the offense actually look like an offense. But one thing really stood out.

 

Before I talk about Blake I have to talk about Mike Brown. He had dropped two well-thrown passes from Blake and had gotten hit by a (Questionable) PI penalty. It was a pretty horrible night for the guy. With all that piling up, Blake still kept throwing to Brown, and didn't let Brown's mistakes scare him from throwing his way. That shows trust in a guy, and it really paid dividends in that field goal drive where Brown caught 2 passes for almost 40 yards.

 

Blake stuck with his guy even when he was struggling.

 

I thought it notsomuch showed "trust" in the guy, but it showed a smart QB that was trying to get Brown untracked. WHen you throw to a WR and he drops the ball, and then you don't go back to him, that allows a lot of time to go by where he is just thinking about the most recent bad play. Bortles tried to quickly get Brown to forget that "last drop" and get him going. Either way, good sign. Its like when  closer blows a save in baseball....ideally you want to get him right back out there as soon as possible to get the negative last memory out of his psyche. 

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