In light of all the "Advanced Metrics" that are getting thrown around recently, I wanted to see if there was any growth to Bortles' performance in regards to some of the more "Classical" statistics. Namely, Completion Percentage (Comp %), Yards, Touchdowns (TD), Interceptions thrown (INT), Passer Rating (Rating) and Yards per Attempt (Y/A).


 

To give perspective to the numbers I thought it would be good to see the values viewed in four game chunks or quarters of the season. I felt that this would smooth out the "ups 'n downs" that are so prevalent in football statistics, and give a cleaner look at the regression / progression over time. Also, I broke out a separate four-game group where I replaced the Baltimore game with the most recent Indianapolis game in order to give a real time (RT) view.


 

I will admit that I went into this with expectations, if not outright bias, but the numbers did pan out to what I was thinking was going to occur; in most every category, Bortles has shown growth over each quarter played so far in the season. The breakout is shown below:


 

 

<p style="margin-left:40px;">Comp % (1) 54.3  (2) 57.8     (3) 61.7     (RT) 62.8

<p style="margin-left:40px;">Yards     (1) 249  (2) 299.25 (3) 270.25 (RT) 285.75

<p style="margin-left:40px;">TD          (1) 1.5   (2) 2.75      (3) 2.5       (RT) 2.75

<p style="margin-left:40px;">INT         (1) 0.75 (2) 1.75      (3) 0.75     (RT) 0.5

<p style="margin-left:40px;">Rating   (1) 80    (2) 89.45    (3) 94.45   (RT) 106.65

<p style="margin-left:40px;">Y/A         (1) 6.5   (2) 7.8       (3) 7.0       (RT) 8.0

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Comp % is on a steady upswing and has peaked in (RT) as has INT and Rating. Yards fluctuates, but without looking into this further I suspect that is typical of that particular stat. TD took a dip in (3), but has gotten back to it's (2) level over the past four games. Y/A is at it's peak right now, but it dipped a bit in (3), just like TD did.


 

One conclusion that I feel justified in making after reviewing this is that regardless of how Bortles started, he is definitely progressing over the season, as should be expected.

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