Quote:You know who else was kind of bad? Alex Smith.


Get the right coach and this team can make a turn around with Bortles.

Alex Smith was never this mechanically bad. Also he didn't regress as poorly as Bortles.

 

Alex Smith was on talent deprived teams and in a bad situation where they were changing OCs every season and HCs almost as often.

He still isn't a light up the field QB but he gets the job done and plays consistent mistake free football. Some of this is Andy Reid sure. But too often #1 overall QBs go to really bad teams and without adding talent around the QB and keeping some continuity they flame out or "bust".

 

I'm not sure the task facing Bortles has ever been completed by a former top 5 QB selection.

In year 4 will he be able to fix fundamental flaws in his footwork, windup, and decision making, in one offseason while also improving enough to stave off any sort of competition and earn a contract extension, while proving dozens of pundits and critics wrong.

 

Good luck.

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