Quote:All the talk of Bortles, declining, improving, plateauing, whatever is ridiculously premature to me.


He's a rookie that was deemed "raw" by every scouting report published pre-draft. Inconsistency should have been expected.


I expect plenty more inconsistency before he really levels off anywhere.

I agree with this. From what I can tell, Bortles is struggling to consistently run a methodical, clock-control type offense at this point in his development. Bortles at this point is at his best when Fisch goes to a hurry-up, shotgun style offense that moves the launch point and goes sandlot. If Bortles puts in the offseason work to improve his footwork and get a better grasp of the playbook and the tendencies of his teammates, there's no reason not to believe that the sky is the limit for this guy.

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