Quote:The reason that he seems to be regressing is that in his first few starts, opposing defensive coordinators didn't have much game tape on him but as he played, that changed.  Coaches in the NFL are pretty smart and they can figure out what a player likes to do and what they're not so good at pretty quickly and so they started to compensate for that.  Naturally, Bortles' performances started to suffer.  This is 100% natural and happens to all rookies regardless of their positions.  It will take him a while but eventually he will overcome it.  Don't get me wrong, I don't consider Fisch a great coordinator and would prefer to have someone a little more proven, but ultimately Blake has to gain some experience before the Jag's offense will improve.

 

You see some small signs in the last couple of games.  The turnovers have slowed considerably (as I predicted, see an earlier post) and he will start to become a bit of a game manager before he eventually starts to realize his potential.  I see this probably happening somewhere mid-3rd season for him.

 

 

Hmmm...  So coaches in the NFL can figure things out...  interesting...  I guess opposing coaches can analyze stuff, but our coaches get a pass for not analyzing stuff?  LOL, you realize the logic fail here, yes?

 

I know you want to, for whatever reason, defend the coaches and lay it all on the players.  But in order to do so, you begin to look...  short-sighted & biased.

 

Most critics of the OC can see (and clearly admit) issues with players and their experience.  We see that it's both players and plays...  The Ketchman-itis of sticking with "Players NOT plays" creates a blind spot in some of you guys that aren't able to keep an open mind...  Just my 2 sheckles...

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