Another thing is that Bortles is not only on pace to shatter the franchise QB TD record, but he is also on pace to have the 2nd most passing yards in franchise history.  He'll be just shy of Mark Brunell's 1996 stats where Brunell was in his 2nd year of the Jaguars (not a rookie of course).

 

Comparison of Brunell's stats (1996) to Bortles stats (2015) through first 11 games:

 

Brunell (11 games):

3,080 yards passing

14 TDs

18 Ints

252 yards rushing

2 rushing TD's

4-7 Record

 

Bortles (11 games)

2,952 yards passing

22 TD's

13 Ints

255 yards rushing

0 rushing TD's

4-7 Record

 

As we can see, Bortles TDs and Ints are superior to Brunell's during this 11 game stretch.

 

But that doesn't tell the whole story of course.

 

Now I was about 4 going on 5 years of age during the 1996 season for the Jaguars and I don't remember much, so I have a question.  How much better was the defense back then compared to the defense of now?

 

And besides Brunell having the advantage at the LT position, how much better were the RB's back then as compared to now?  (Yeldon vs. Means)

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