Quote:I dont think people are understanding how pivotal bortles' development is. Drops suck, but they happen. The good qbs overcome it and continue to take chances downfield. Bortles is now getting into this habit of getting conservative whenever he faces adversity. That's a legitimate concern, as is his lack of composure when the blitz comes. He doesn't just sit there and take sacks like blaine, but taking off and trying to run right away isnt the answer either. When a lineback blitzes, your hb or a receiver running a cross is likely to be wide open.


Good quarterbacks make everybody look better. Blake's second half performance wasn't near good enough, and unfortunately that's what we have seen most of the time since he took over. San Diego started out great, then.... noises. Very similar to Sunday.

 

Good QBs can't make receivers catch balls that are perfectly delivered, or put in catchable locations.  That's on the receivers to make those plays.  All the QB can do is give them the opportunity to make the plays.  Blake's stat line would have looked significantly better had we not seen multiple drops, and that fumble. 

 

I agree that good QBs make everyone else on the field better, but there's got to be some reciprocation from the guys on the receiving end of his passes.

 

Bortles second half performance was the result of him tightening up after making that mistake.  He's going to have to develop a short memory and move on from mistakes in the future. 

 

Quote:In blakes defense though, We've seen this formula over and over again. JDR wanted a plodding offense that had drives of 10 minutes or so.... Now a new staff is in place and we are trying the exact same crap. You can'r just go "run run pass" and be predictable. You have to take more shots downfield because this team simply makes too many mistakes to count on scoring from 12+ play drives

 

Sustained drives aren't crap.  They're the things that help a team to win games.  If executed properly, the goal is to eat up as much clock as possible, and keep your defense fresh.  It's not that difficult to understand. 

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