Quote: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.  

I agree in the scheme of things,  Bortles is still a strength of the team and last year's defense was a huge weakness.

 

However, there were turnovers Bortles had last year (to be expected under the circumstances) that absolutely KILLED this team-the pick 6 against Carolina, the INT against Tampa, the pick 6 against Houston, the INT right before halftime at the goal line against Atlanta-that were huge differences in thosee games.

 

In light of your post, my point is if we are hovering around the 9-7 mark and still in the playoff hunt, turnovers of that nature could derail any playoff shot.

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