I am letting his turnovers slide a little bit this year. He's still a young QB. He's still throwing the football around to guys that are also young and in their 2nd years with him in a new system. Mistakes are going to happen. I think when you take a step back and really. And I do mean REALLY take a look at the offense. It's extremely young. The pass protection isn't all that consistent. The run game still isn't where it needs to be. You still see some guys dropping passes here and there or some miscommunication between the QB and receivers here and there. BUT THAT SHOULD BE EXPECTED. That's completely understandable. I'll take his 2:1 TD/INT ratio right now.

 

What's killing this team is the inability to consistently run the football and take pressure OFF of Bortles and the passing game. And also our inability to consistently RUSH THE OPPOSING QB. That's been our two biggest issues this year. Bortles wouldn't throw 14 INT's with 22 TD's if the running game could muster a more professional average on the ground. He's having to do too much and having to get too creative to bail this offense out. He's the LEAST of my concerns this year on this team. And it's honestly pathetic that some of you in this fanbase and forum are going after this kid when he's been the most productive QB we've had in over ten years. Would you trade him out for Leftwich? Gabbert? Henne? Or even Garrard? No thanks. Give this kid a running game like Garrard had with Freddy T and MJD. Give this kid a top ten defense in every category that ACTUALLY creates some of their OWN turnovers. And then let's see where this kid stands alright?

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