Quote:2015 was better for him than 2016 and by some measures he was good, but Bortles' flaws as a QB were still there to see by anyone paying attention. He still had the pick 6s and the horrible interceptions deep in our own territory. And he was still largely responsible for at least a few of the losses. His 2015 season is too often held up as some kind of gold standard or proof which it really isn't. That being said, help probably isn't on the way in 2017 so he'll be in a prove it year or should be (as we shouldn't be picking up that 5th year option) and we should probably franchise him unless we see a repeat of this past season or worse. At that point it would be time to part ways.

 

Quote:A 2nd year QB still had flaws? News breaking...

 

Bortles will always have flaws. That doesn't mean the guy wasn't very solid last season and had a lot of qualities you look for in a franchise QB. So he throws some interceptions? Who cares if he's also making plenty of plays as well. 

 

After last season, Bortles most definitely looked like a franchise QB. Not to mention he was forced to do WAY more than any young QB should. The OL was absolute garbage (was his rookie year too), we had no run game. The defense was constantly letting the offense do whatever they wanted. You think that's a good environment for a young QB? Of course he's going to take too many risky throws.

To piggy back off this. You know how may seasons Favre threw less then 15 INT 5 times in his 20 years of playing, yet he still had 2 super bowl rings and that was before it was the pass happy league it is now.

If Bortles sucks next season as much as this one then send him packing but there is no one in the draft or free agency that is going to be better.

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