Quote:He throws too many interceptions for anybody. Rookie or vet, good or bad. Justify them how you want but I want to see him go out and win a game with a good stat line. One game where the ratio is more td's than interceptions needs to happen. Matter of fact have a game with no int's. He's played enough now, time to tighten up and start showing top 3 winning potential from here on out. My main problem with him is he throws an ugly ball. The majority of his passes are ducks. Somebody needs to help him with his spiral.

Here's a stat line for a rookie quarterback, do you know who it is?


G/S: 16/16

Attempts/Completitions: 575/326

PCT: 56.7

Yards: 3,739

YPA: 6.5

TD/INT: 26/28

QB Rating: 71.2

Wins: 3


That stat line is from Peyton Manning's rookie season. A player that was hyped and significantly more polished coming out of college than Blake Bortles. Now I do agree that Bortles needs to cut down the INTs, but he is still learning and developing. It is why they wanted Bortles to sit his rookie year, but fate is cruel and has forced them to start him. So there are going to be ups and downs, and we have to accept that and hope he learns from them and gets better from the experience.


As for throwing an ugly ball, see Philip Rivers. If Bortles can replicate his career success to date, then we will have a QB that can help us win and contend. Throwing a beautiful ball is great, but there have been some that have ugly throws that have had decent success. But again, Bortles is still raw and learning, so maybe in time he will improve this aspect of his game.

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