Quote:Hell, even minimizing his throws to short and easy passes today and he still got picked off on the first time the ball had to travel more than 10 yards in the air.

Yes, that was a bad pass by Bortles. He's making mistakes on his own, aside from the play calls.


Though the irony of this conservative short game we keep playing is that it's making things harder for him. Defenses don't respect anything beyond 5 yards of the line of scrimmage, so they squat on those routes and jump them. This inevitably makes all of those lanes crowded and it looks harder / worse than it would if we used the rest of the field.


The idea that short passes are easy competitions falls apart when the defense knows it's coming and has no fear you'll test them over the top.

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