Quote:Bortles and Robinson were great last season and just need good coaching to be great again.

Robinson's stats last season were largely a by-product of having comparatively light coverage at that time. The result was artificially inflated stats. Don't get me wrong; I think AR is an excellent receiver, but last year was largely a fluke due to being mostly 'under the radar' as a receiver. Blake did better last season but he wasn't ever great; he was a turnover machine then too. It's just that he's regressed so badly this season that he seems great last season when compared to what we've seen this year.

 

I don't buy into blaming the coaching for Blakes situation either; I blame Blake for not spending the time to work on what he knew is a weakness he has in his technique. Blake did more to hurt the coaches than the coaches ever did to hurt him. And by the way, Blake has been coached over and over on his technique; you can only be shown how to do something so many time; it becomes the responsibility of the player to practice and impliment what they've been shown after that.

 

To be a 'great' NFL quarterback you need the 'right stuff' ('right stuff'-a good working set of basic position skills like passing the football) to begin with and then progress from there. Blake never has demonstrated that he had/has the 'right stuff' to begin with. Drafting him third over-all and deeming him the 'franchise quarterback' was a monumental mistake on the part of Dave Caldwell.

 

Gus Bradley=strike one

Blake Bortles= strike two

??? =strike three?

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