Quote:In other words, he's talking about things that can't be measured and are highly subjective as opposed to hard facts.


I'm not bashing Byron - he was a decent quarterback, but the revisionist history is strong here.


What specific facts support that Byron didn't make the same bad decisions as Blake? I just see a bunch of conclusory statements with nothing to back them. Statistically, they turn the ball over at a similar rate and complete balls at a similar rate.


Blake has a long way to go with mechanics and I'm sure he would like to command an offense better than he does, but inferring as fact that somehow Byron would have been better for this team is far-fetched.

 

Not all interceptions are the same.  Comparing INT %'s is a meaningless exercise by itself in my opinion.  Bortles has a documented history of throwing pick 6's and turning the ball over deep in our own territory.  I covered part of that history here.  I haven't and probably won't go back through Byron's years here, but just from memory alone I don't remember him having anywhere near the amount of back breakingly bone headed throws that we see far too frequently from Bortles.  Leftwich's issue was more of not being able to get the ball out quick enough and not necessarily one of frequently making poor decisions with the football.

 

Despite this, I still think Bortles has the potential to be a great QB and the FO will have one more year to evaluate him and make a decision on him.  If he plays moderately well, we'll probably franchise him and have him prove it again in 2018.  If he plays really well, we may see them go ahead and lock him up.  If he plays like he did for the majority of this year, I think it's time to move on.

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