Quote:Our maybe your writing is poor...


So you're saying you've watched every single play gabbert and henne played as jaguars??


Or you're saying stats to tell part of the story?


From what I quoted, you seem to be all over the place without making one single coherent statement.


Forgive me if I'm not following your train of thought, but it's not as though you have written a treatise of football dogma.


Please clarify

 

How are you going to criticize my writing when you start off with obvious spelling, grammatical, and syntactical errors? Read my post history in this thread, if my position isn't clear to you, quote a passage and I'll explain it for you in simpler terms.

Quote:You must be young.  That is not an indictment by the way, but there was a time when QB's were expected to ride the pine a few years before they even played let alone even start.  Bradshaw's first few years were horrible.  Look up Steve Young's stats when he was in Tampa.  Not every QB comes out of the gate at warp speed.  With that thought in mind not every QB that comes out on fire sustains it and many flame out.  Vince Young comes to mind.

 

Look I was as disappointed as the next guy over week one but come on, let's give the raw talent time to develop and not bury players in their second year after 2 games.

 

The game has changed, players are learning more pro concepts at a younger age than ever before. Players coming in and making an instant impact has been the new precedent, and we've seen 2 QBs in the AFC South come in during their rookie years and show instant production (Luck and Mariota). Sure in the 80's and 90's teams might have had the luxury to wait 4+ years to develop a guy (and even then it was only the good teams who were already set at the position), but in this day and age more is expected sooner from players. Does that change the fact that some players need more time to develop? No, but that doesn't change the fact that players with less experience are outperforming Bortles, and the onus is on him and the team to get better.

Quote:Every player is different. We all knew Bortles was not ready last year. No excuses this year. The things I have seen make me believe he has improved significantly. It's year 2. I'm not worried about Mariota and where he is at now. I'm sure he will be up and down. Bortles is just fine being his own QB on his own path. As I said, no excuses this year.

 

I think this is a reasonable stance to take. Sure last year was horrible for him, but this is going to be the determinate season for him. If he doesn't show notable improvement, I think the Jags need to start re-evaluating their rebuild.

Quote:There has been plenty of coherent arguments. He worked with Tom House and corrected mechanics. He is moving much better in the pocket. He understands the offense this year and last year he was winging it. And Caldwell plainly said the best case scenario for Bortles was to sit for a year, but that didn't happen. If you want to hang onto last year than by all means. All I know is Jags haven't won a game in September in a long time. Haven't been .500 since 2011. And the reason they are, a big part, is Bortles. He stepped up big against Miami and lead the game winning drive.

 

So show me one, because I must have missed them. Mariota was supposed to be a project player too, who wasn't going to be ready for a pro style offense. Yet here he is, adjusting just fine to the NFL game. Bortles was arguably more 'pro-experienced' than Mariota coming into the league, but has never shown flashes of having the same type of impact.

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