Quote:So are rushes in short yardage situations innately flawed strategy, or is there a reason they weren't always successful for the Jaguars, irrespective of whether that's your team's strength or not?

 

I mean, it isn't as if Bortles has excelled at throwing the fade, which is another passing strategy in the red zone.

 

If I recall correctly Bortles had somewhere around 25 red zone TDs on the season, the Jaguars had something like one red zone rushing TD, so I guess that fade pass he doesn't throw well didn't really matter that much. They also did poorly in short yardage rushing all around. I don't know if that's because it's a flawed strategy, but it seems like a flawed strategy when you're halfway through the season, practically, know a guy isn't getting it done very well in short yardage, but go ahead and hand it two him to get stuffed four times in a row while your franchise passer throws his hands up in disgust.

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