Quote:I don't think Fisch' offense is a good match for the strengths of Blake Bortles. Blake's strength is by far his vertical game and Fisch runs a west coast type of horizontal college offense. I think the Jags would be better served with an offensive coordinator  that runs an offense that is tailored more to Bortles strengths. I'd also prefer an offensive coordinator that has somewhat of a more proven track record with QB development than Fisch has. The first 3 years of Bortles development are critical - I get that - thats why I don't believe it would be smart to have any more of them under Fisch. Any temporary "step back" Bortles would take as for learning another playbook, would likely be offset by 2 steps forward under an OC that had a proven track record of QB development in this league. Now, who would that OC be? That I don't know, but the head coach and even Caldwell to an extent are the one's that are paid to find that guy. Its a shame because Norv Turner would have been a very good match for the strengths of Blake Bortles but he was wisely scooped up by Zimmer. 

 

I don't think your concerns are unwarranted, Apollo. However, I think that Fisch's second half adjustment shows that he is somewhat malleable so maybe, despite his inclination to the WCO (which I hate, btw), he just may realize that Bortles isn't necessarily a good fit for that offense and evolve his style to better suit his QB instead of trying to force a square peg into a round hole.

 

Also, as far as QB development, isn't that more the purview of the QB coach (Scelfo) than the OC? In doing a little reading on Scelfo, his list of protegee's has not been very inspiring. So if anything, I would think that QB coach might be the place with the most pressing need for upgrade. I mean, aside from Nick Foles, he hasn't had his hand on any really good QB prospects.

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