Quote:You can only go by what we've seen. 

 

Blake seemed more apt to go down the field in preseason and his first few appearances in regular games. Since that point it does look as if Blake has been reigned in somewhat. I can't say for sure if thats on Blake or if that is Fisch-induced, but if I had to guess I'd say it was probably Fisch induced since Blake's first instincts were to attack the whole field and then that trended back as time went on. The offense also looked similar with Henne back there. To me that suggests the OC wanting a certain type of short pass dominated offense. 

 

No, it's because opposing teams don't scout and gameplan in the preseason.    As they started gathering tape on Bortles in the regular season they picked up on his tendencies, and took away his most comfortable reads.     Then, obviously, you play umbrella coverage, force everything underneath, force Bortles to string together long drives, do things that aren't comfortable for him, and patiently wait for him to make a rookie mistake.    

 

People don't seem to grasp that NFL defensive coordinators are actually well paid and good at what they do.   

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