Quote:Lord.  This took me all of 60 seconds.  

 

I guess it's a little subjective, but Bortles does not come far ahead of some of those guys.  Not saying he was THE worst (because he wasn't), but he certainly is closer to that group you linked to than not.  I think he belongs in the conversation as one of those 20-30 guys etc.  

 

Having how many, 4 interceptions returned for touchdowns must also rank as higher than almost anyone in only 13 starts.

 

edit:  0.84% of his passes were interecepted and returned for a TD.

 

This would rank 4th worst all time, just behind Ryan Leaf and just ahead of Gabbert.  Not really company you want to keep in any statistic.

 

I will say that he improved significantly in this regard and didn't have a pick 6 since the Miami game.  Granted, his passing yards went down as well as the season went on, but his interceptions (and especially interceptions returned for touchdowns) went down.  So it looks like he played a much more cautious game in the 2nd half of the season.

 

Hopefully he can be aggressive next year but at the same time keep interceptions down.

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