When a QB throws it 49 times they will usually throw a pick. I'd be interested to see the last time a QB threw that many times without a pick to be honest. Just looking at last week, 5 teams including the Jags threw 49 or more times and all threw at least 1 pick. 3 of the other 4 teams threw 3 or 4 picks. A better stat to judge Bortles by is INT% here is how he stacks up.

 

Tony Romo 5.79%

Peyton Manning 5.28%

Andrew Luck 4.10%

Ben Roethlisberger 3.38%

Ryan Fitzpatrick  3.06%

Sam Bradford 2.99%

Blake Bortles 2.99%

Matt Stafford 2.93%

Joe Flacco 2.91%

Jameis Winston 2.86%

Matt Ryan 2.76%

Cam Newton 2.71%

Marcus Mariota 2.70%

Ryan Tannehill 2.64%

Kirk Cousins 2.55%

Drew Brees 2.42%

Carson Palmer 2.38%

 

Bortles has more TDs than all but 1 QB on this list, Carson Palmer who is a leading MVP candidate. He is still in his second season and everyone knew he was going to need work coming out of college. I think he is coming along pretty nicely. You are asking too much if you want him to never make a mistake. Decent teams can bail out a QB when he makes a mistake but when Bortles turns it over one time the defense folds like a tent and everyone puts the blame on him for a touchdown allowed when good teams would have held them to a 40 yard FG attempt. The fact that the Jags haven't lost a game by double digits since 10 weeks ago against the best team in the NFL speaks volumes.

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