Quote:Here's my issue with this:  Bradley has said from day one that this team is all about competition.  Every position is a competition for playing time and the guy who wins that competition will play.  Why is it now so different for the QB's?  I just don't think he can talk about competition all the time then say that Henne is the starter even though Bortles clearly is the better player (if he continues to show).

 

Take that up with Bradley. The fact of the matter, though, is that this is what he's said. Bortles will sit, not until he's better than Henne, but until he's ready.


 

Quote:Of all the teams we play, Houston blitzed the most last season (46% of dropbacks).  Houston only allowed 200 passing yards per game, but that's because they were behind so much that other teams ran the ball more.  Even though they only allowed 200 passing yards per game, the average opposing team QB rating was 94 because they allowed 29 passing TD's (tied for 5th most in the league) to only 7 INT's (fewest in the league).  To me, that shows that their blitzes didn't have the effect they wanted.  So that's just one example of why I'm not afraid of blitz packages.  If you want another example, the Jags blitzed the least of all 32 teams (only 17%) and our defense was improving at the end of the year.  (Blitz source: https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/20...blitzing/)

 

When Bortles was under pressure, he made the right decisions.  One was a big completion for a first down as he was getting hit.  The other was a sack he took where he did the right thing by not trying to force anything when he realized he was being hit.  The game isn't too big for him.  

 

Henne is hot garbage even when the opposing teams aren't blitzing.  Let it go.  Start the kid.

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Except, of course, that our offensive line is likely to be very porous against the blitz. Unless you want Bortles to be David Carr Mk II, you might want to respect the blitz a little more...

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