Quote:There is never any malice or spite in your posts, which I respect, but I need to ask you...why are you so hellbent on portraying Bortles in the worst light possible? Seriously...several of you are coming across like you're on a personal mission to try and tear the kid down in the eyes of fans. Why is that?

I just state the facts and hope for rational discussion. I come to other forums because I'm usually dealing with people who have contrary opinions and that forces me to greater focus on objectivity and developing my own position.


If it seems like I have an agenda against bortles it's only because his evaluation is what most posters are deluded about. They beat they're chest and stomp their feet because he had good td and yardage totals, claiming he is a top 10 qb or that he is a definite answer as a franchise qb despite the fact that he is near the bottom of the league in just about every other important metric (completion %, ypa, qb rating, etc). His success has been a huge step up from his historically bad rookie year, but he has a long way to go. His success is predicated on volume and having two great young wrs who are making a lot of plays for him. I've never knocked his potential, I actually think it's exciting the afc south has three potentially great qbs (the division has been a joke long enough). But to crown bortles at this point and write off mariota (who in his rookie year beats out bortles in just about every available metric) is stupid.

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