Quote:I remain hopeful where Bortles is concerned, although (as you pointed out) things didn't go so well for him last season. Nevertheless, I don't see how anyone could ignore the lack of help he had from his line, rookie receivers for the most part, little help from his TE's, and a sporadic running game at best. Seriously, I think an experienced elite level QB would struggle under the same circumstances... and oh yes, let us not forget than that last season was his first season in the NFL also... a season we were told repeatedly that he wouldn't play in. 

 

So to be fair, given the (somewhat) improved roster and a year of experience under the belt, I expect this season will give us a little better picture of what we may expect from BB2. We'll see.

According to ESPN via NFL.com from Blake Bortles:

 

 

"My arm kind of deteriorated during the season," Bortles said at the start of Jacksonville's voluntary off season conditioning program, according to ESPN.com. "It didn't affect anything. It was just, I think, a product of throwing for two years straight without any break.  "Took some time off, let it heal, and then went kind of (to seek) out some proper mechanics on how to make it never hurt again." -BB

 

"A little bit leaner," Bortles said. "I guess I was, when I left here, I was probably, I don't know, I was kind of fat."


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His body fat went from 17 to 10 so far he is in better shape than when he was a rookie.  Hopefully we will see a way better Blake this year than last.

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