It hit me during the UCF @ Louisville game that Bortles was better than Bridgewater.   While Bridgewater was hitting 5 yard slant patterns, Bortles was going down field and was clutch in the key drives.  Both played a good game.

 

Bortles also came on strong in a sub-zero degree game vs SMU when his team trailed at halftime.

 

Finally, Bortles lit up Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl.

 

In summary, I think he progressively got better during his Sr. Year but went under the radar due to the Teddy watch and the potential that Mariotta would come out.  Personally, I think Mariotta is Kaepernick version 2.0

 

All that said, I must admit I wasn't completely sold on Bortles at #3 but given the other available options (Watkins & K Mack) I was glad we selected him at that time.

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