Quote:You can go back and watch the highlights from his college days at the UCF too. He likes moving around A LOT. Virtually all of his big plays came off a bootleg or fake or where he had to avoid the rush and find someone deep. He's not a pocket passer. I don't think he's ever going to be a pocket passer at this level because he's never had to play from the pocket because he can get away with his size and mobility. That's what they have to do for him to succeed. When he's forced to drop back and stay inside the pocket he's pretty bad. He'll stare down receivers and freeze up like a statue. His passes are getting batted down. He's winding up longer from his throw because it's taking him longer to process the play from the pocket. When he's able to scramble around a bit you're making his job and life easier by making his choices on the field smaller and easier to figure out. It's already been shown that in this leauge he's successful playing just like that.

The problem is you can't live with Bortles playing outside of the pocket. While it makes it easier for him, if you do it enough it also makes it easier for the defense. Rolling him out essentially cuts the field in half. It's a great weapon when the playcall is right. But he needs to be able to move the ball from the pocket.

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