Quote: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.

 

That's understandable. But I don't think he's going to be able to play from the pocket anytime soon this year due to the overall ineptitude of the push up front and running game. That's one of the biggest underlying issues this year for him when he does have to play from the pocket. It's bad enough that his throwing motion and inaccuracy and ability to go from left to right quickly with his reads leads to our struggles. But when you couple in the fact that virtually every defense this year has been able to shut down our running game with just their base four it's made his life in the pocket even more stressful. He's not able to fool anybody this year. It's not a coincidence that Blake's best game this year as far as having a good passer rating in a WIN was against the clots when Yeldon and Ivory managed to combine for 100 yards on the ground. He even kicked in 36 yards on the ground himself. But that's what we need to see. 

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