Quote:I actually wanted to make a thread related to this. Any oldschool Jags fans here had the chance to watch Peyton his rookie season? Looking at his stats through his first 5 starts they were pretty similar to Bortles so I was wondering if Bortles is having the same trouble Peyton had or if it's something different.

He was extremely terrible. He eventually figured a few things out towards the end of the season but it was more game plan taylored. He understood more so how to audible to Faulk and use Harrison effectively. Nonetheless it was very ugly for him.


Honestly at this point Bortles looks better than Peyton did at this same point it's just he has to have the game slow down for him. The teams he is facing are giving him looks they know he's never seen and that is where most of his ints are coming from not just poor reads.


In the end this is quite normal for rookie first round pick qbs. What sets the good ones apart from the bad one is really the work ethic and the ability to learn and not lose confidence.


It appears Blake had those abilities.

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