Quote:It's like you're looking to discount last year as a fluke or something. Forget the stats.... if you watched the games last year then you know Bortles was throwing extremely well downfield. If you think he wasn't, then you really don't know your football. I'm not discounting that he had a couple great WRs out there, but Bortles was seeing then get open deep and delivered strike after strike. 


 

Simply put, if you're trying to say that Blake is playing the same as he did last year but last year he was just lucky, then you're seriously deluding yourself.

His downfield throwing was very impressive last season. He also threw some very very accurate passes into tight windows. The ball had a lot of zip and his pocket awareness was great. Those things are why I am perfectly fine giving him another opportunity and off-season to get his mind and game right. He has proven that he can be highly effective in this league.

 

Also the fact that we defer on every coin toss is so infuriating. I think that plays a big part in his first quarter numbers. I don't know the exact number but I would not be surprised if he only has 1 full possession in a lot of his first quarters.  

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