Quote:You mean playing like a raw rookie was supposed to sit his rookie season? gee, who woulda thunk it.

 

Bortles has shown me enough of the intangibles that you can't teach that I'm not worried about him come years 2-3 and beyond. You can fix his footwork issues with another offseason of work, and as he adjusts to the NFL he will become more comfortable and the game will slow down and he'll stop throwing as many picks. But you can't teach his mental toughness, how he stands tall in a muddled pocket and isn't afraid to take a hit, or his size and athleticism.  We've still picked the right QB, and what you want to see out of him in his first year as a rookie who was expected to struggle, contrary to popular belief, he's shown me.

 

Beyond him, we hit on A-Rob. We hit on Linder. We hit on Telvin. We hit on Bowanko. C-Smith has flashed. Colvin is back and we'll be able to see what he can do. The only real disappointment so far has been Lee and it's obviously too early to write him out, and when he's had opportunities he's flashed tremendous speed. Sounds like a knock out of the part type draft to me.

 

Rookies sometimes get worse.  Sometimes they stay the same.  Sometimes they improve.

 

Just assuming Bortles improves a lot may not be the smartest thing in the world.  

 

He is one of the most inaccurate quarterbacks I've seen in a long time.  That may be something that holds him back forever, I'm not sure.

 

I think he can get better, and I have high hopes for him, but it's still too early to think that we have "nailed" our 2014 draft.

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