Quote:Bortles was rolling out to his left, Thomas came across the field from right to left in what appears to be a designed play.  Exactly how much time did Bortles have to find another option with no blockers in front of him and a player coming free just a few yards away?

 

Well there's the problem right there. You obviously don't have a DVR and didn't actually get to see what happened on the play. See the highlight here at about the 2:30 mark

 

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2015081454...u=gameinfo|contentId%3A0ap3000000510456&tab=recap

 

To recap what actually happened, Thomas had a defender trailing him and a guy ahead of him ready to take a run at his knee when he caught the ball, no one was chasing Bortles at all. If there really was no one open down the field he should have thrown it away, the steelers had a guy waiting for that play ready to try to take Thomas out for the season and either Bortles didn't see him, or didn't care and just went ahead and threw the ball anyway. There was no need to take that risk on the best player on the team when he's two yards beyond the line of scrimmage and running hard at the sideline.

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