Quote:I'm not saying Bortles doesn't have major flaws and there's no blaming him. But Olson and co. are the coaches that are supposed to keep his mechanics solid and not allow for this regression. That's coaching.


Blake is and always will be a gunslinger. He made bad throws last year too. That's what you the Jaguars signed up for when they got Blake. Blake was able to make it so people didn't care about that last year because he is a gamer and made other huge plays while trying to force things. That's what happens. There's going to be good and bad. Stafford, Favre, etc. are/were the same way (not that I'm putting Blake on their level).


Blake had Jedd freaking Fisch as his OC to start out. Went to CAL and worked with coaches to improve his mechanics and he balled out last year. Didn't this year and the Jaguars coaches allowed Blake to get to this point. Sure its on Blake too, but a good coaching staff doesn't let a young QB get to this point without trying to fix this. The fact Blake brought in his own guy from California to try and help midseason makes this staff look like an even bigger joke.

 

I have said this several times before and nobody listens to me. Brett Favre owns the NFL career interceptions record. This is overlooked because of all his other stats, of course. Blake Bortles is like Favre in how he takes risks that result in interceptions, which is a good QB trait. I don't really see that in Matthew Stafford, but a certain poster knows more about him.

 

The big question obviously is why didn't Blake work with Tom House in the 2016 offseason? He is ultra-competitive and always wants to get better. It worked for him last year. So his decision to get lazy this year, if you want to call it that, makes no sense.

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