Quote:Can we stop calling him a rookie?  He's going into his 3rd year.  He has missed some time and had some coaching issues, but seriously....he's not a rookie.  By that logic, Blaine Gabbert is a rookie because he never had any stable coaching.  Sometimes we just need to see production.  Hopefully we'll see that this year.  If this year is like last year, there's really no more excuses.  Put up or shut up.  Hoping we see what Caldwell and all of the pundits saw when he was drafted. 

 

I would say he is almost a rookie, due to the fact that in his actual rookie year, he played 4 games at RT and one quarter at LT before being lost for the season.   That gives him just 16-1/4 games at LT.  

 

Definitely, his improvement is one of the keys to our season.   If he doesn't improve, we will not win 8 games.   After all, Bortles is almost a rookie, too, and he has enough to deal with without getting constant pressure from his left. 

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