Quote:We as a fan base need to stop looking at pure numbers.  They are misleading and cloud the argument.  Any QB that starts 16 games that throws it around this many times will throw for 4000 yards. 

 

I need to see him take command of this team and score early.  We need to build leads.  We need him to have games where he throws 3 TDs in the first half (we have seen him throw 3 in garbage time a few times before).

 

I think the playcalling can and will get better, but I am just a skeptic that Bortles has what it takes to be an effective starter.  Each week he continues to give me more evidence and makes my skepticism stronger.  Do I hope I'm wrong?  YES absolutely.  But I don't have faith in him.  Faith is believing in someone/something without evidence or IN SPITE of evidence to the contrary.  It is not a position I can defend when it comes to Bortles and this team.

Agree. Which is why I hate when we always defer. I am not sure of the exact number but I bet that Bortles rarely gets 2 full possessions in the first quarter. He, as well as the team, get behind the 8 ball so quickly and leads to everyone pressing. When pressing doesn't work it leads to panic. When you panic you lose. There is no margin of error with this team. But once again I am just stating what we all know.

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