Quote:110% disagree and nobody wanted to be wrong more than me, especially last year, but I'm afraid I wasn't then and I'm not now. How can anyone not possibly see what BB has almost single handedly done to this team's chances of winning most every game, especially this year? You don't just "fix" the kind of low level issues he has had (all along), any more than "fixing" an average Joe qb into an NF qb. And, Carr could very well have us at .500, or better.
Anyone who thinks Bortles has shown, or is somehow going to show, anything resembling an NFL franchise qb is more likely the one's "kidding themselves". I can only hope those at 1 Stadium Place are finally waking up to this likely eventuality because I for one am tired of sucking.
Stop right there, dude.
Out of the number of issues QBs have coming into the league, throwing mechanics and foot work are the most common issues and the ones good coaches know how to fix. The problem comes when a coach who doesn't understand how QBs work on that level will either ignore the problem - which is what Bradley did; Blake had to do it on his own after his rookie season - or they hire the wrong guy as the QB coach - which is what happened when Del Rio was head coach here.
His issue was (and still is) mostly decision making - and while Bortles will always be on the slightly higher end of INTs, he can at least get them down to around 11-14 a year - it comes with being a gunslinger. Brett Favre had at least 8 season where he threw 17 or more INTs in a season. A QB needs to be disciplined into throwing less INTs. The ones that come into the league without that problem are the ones who had excellent coaches at the college level.
Despite his decision making, Blake proved that he CAN throw the ball last year. I don't know what is with you people, but last year existed - whether you want to admit it or not. Blake stopped working on his mechanics - and that was a mistake on his part - but the coaching staff is suppose to push him to begin with and they NEVER did that at ANY point.
Jaws - who is one of the best evaluators of QB talent - still believes that Bortles can succeed, but needs to be pushed by a competent coaching staff - just like any young QB. Go look at Eli Manning's first 4 seasons and you tell me if those years were good - and that was with a good staff. If any market was going to dump a QB fast, it would've been NY.
Sorry, but I don't believe in ditching a player just because he had a bad season after having a really good one. Now, if we bring in a good staff and Bortles shows no improvement in his mechanics and puts up bad numbers, then you start throwing stones. By that time, the draft should have a better answer than this year's version. Sorry, but the QBs in this year's draft are all projects that may require another 3 years to get up to speed - and we may end up passing on a potentially great QB in between should Bortles not work out.
