Quote:Yeah, we were up 17-14, but the thing is that the momentum had swung. Henne got tight and the play calling and personnel packages got way too conservative. Honestly, if you weren't already freaking out about the fact that we letting this game go by the middle of the 3rd Quarter, you weren't paying much attention.


I agree with your 2nd paragraph. The O-Line, while making some really bad whiffs during pass protection did a pretty OK job in keep Henne clean most of the time. The O-Line isn't as big a concern as it was for me during pre-season. Probably 1 more game against Washington, and we'll have a pretty OK group in terms of pass rush... Run blocking? Who knows? But that's a different subject.


As far as Bortles winning that game... If the play calling remains exactly the same, there would have been several drives that I still could see going 3 and out. We just go so conservative that it would have been hard of any QB. With that said, I mentioned yesterday that Henne looked like he got VERY nervous after we took the 17-0lead, and specifically in the 2nd Half.


By nervous I mean he was playing tight and I wonder if Bortles would get like that... If Bortles is as loose as he was in the Pre-Season, we may very well have won that game with him in there.


But, and this is important here... The coaches are still preparing Bortles He's gonna start soon. But he's not quite ready yet. Remember, he's a rookie. But hey, maybe the'll name Bortles the starter this week. Any case, He's starting soon enough.