Quote:I disagree here.

 

I think Bortles needs to cut down on the turnovers and work on getting rid of the ball more quickly to avoid unnecessary sacks, many of which from both categories seemingly were borne from him trying to do too much.  But like Roethlisberger, the player with whom he draws the most comparisons, I think some of that simply comes with the territory with those guys.

 

Not bashing Blake at all with the above critique.  I am thrilled with his progress thus far and look forward to seeing him take the next steps.

 

I think this improvement  will come with experience.  Another year in this system...another year reading defenses, studying film and just learning through trial and error.

 

Bortles is a huge reason why the future here is so promising.

 

Sure, in order to get better, Blake needs to do all the things you list, but to get into the playoffs, my opinion is, we need to shore up the weak parts of the team, and I don't think Blake was one of the weak parts of the team.    It's possible to get into the playoffs at 9-7, that record should put us in the mix, and if you look at last season, the reason we were 5-11 instead of 9-7 wasn't Blake, it was the defense and the running game.  

 

So we are going to differ on this, because I think last year's Blake could easily get us into the playoffs with a better team around him.  

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