Quote:You lost all credibility when you said Bortles is the best QB the Jags have ever had. Here's the facts:

1. he hasn't played long enough to establish very much about himself. He is still very inexperienced. No knowledgeable commentator refers to him as the franchise quarterback; they say he 'may be' the franchise quarterback.

2. his stats have been deeply 'padded' by 'garbage time' scores and completions. A lot of Bortles 'success' on the field has occurred when it was no longer relevant to the outcome of the game. Remove the 'garbage time' throws and he looks pedestrian.

 

Seriously, you need to get over your boy crush of Bortles.

 

The bolded is patently false and I really wish people would stop saying this. Consider the following:

 

Bortles has largely played better in the beginning rather than the end of games. That's a well documented fact just by reading synopses of his games this season. Even if you haven't watched a single Jaguars game all year, the common narrative has been that he plays well in the first half of games then his performance takes a dive after halftime adjustments are (or in our case, are not) made.

 

Secondly, outside of New England, we have not seen much in the way of true garbage time. I really believe that our collective faith in our Jags to pull one out is so damaged that we've forgotten what garbage time truly is. I don't like calling people out and "Lawd" knows we suck as a team, but can we please stop with the misinformation.

 

Finally, going back to the Buffalo-Jacksonville analogy earlier, Yo Boy (I believe it was) referenced BBs untimely picks as they relate to field position and opponent scoring. I want to touch on this as his train of thought holds some merit. However, you can't tell me that Fitzpatrick's 7 picks are any less potentially damaging that Bortles'. Turning the ball over is always bad no matter how you look at it. The difference? Buffalo's defense can actually stop people as opposed to the proverbial red carpet to the end zone we trot out week in and week out.

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