Quote:Not sure but on that drive he threw two passes directly into the hands of the defenders, rookie mistakes, and he was lucky they did not intercept one of them. It is possible they are not starting him because not that he is not phys. ready to play but that he does not have a complete grasp or understanding of the complete playbook. We saw that the rookie WR were having problems causing henne to take TO's. Maybe he is ready to play but does not have the full understanding of the full playbook and they would be limited on what plays they could call. I trust the coaches to know when he is ready to go in and not the rabid BB fans.

 

He's a rookie.  He's going to make rookie mistakes.  Peyton Manning made rookie mistakes.  I hope that's not the reason they're holding him back for now.  The other reason (not knowing the playbook) would be a more plausible reason.  Whatever happens, I think most of us will be disappointed if we don't see Bortles by game 9.  


That said, if it's a matter of him not knowing the playbook... what do they intend to do if (god forbid) Chad Henne gets hurt?  

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