Quote:I think it's more about the person taking it upon himself to improve his craft and taking pride in his work. Not waiting to be told how to work out in the off season. Bortles settled and accepted where he was at and expected to just keep going as the year before when in fact he regressed big time. At the same time it was never addressed in any noticeable way by Hackett or anyone else. They just let him keep struggling week after week. I'm not sure he is going to settle down at this point without a huge intervention type of self reflection and commitment to playing smart qb.

Nah man I think you read it all wrong.

Bortles went to Cali, got better. The next offseason his coaches told him to do something else. He listened to his bosses.

His bosses were idiots.

 

Mid-season you are not benching your HOPEFUL franchise player for Henne, at any costs. His regression is directly linked to his poor mechanics because honestly he had more INTs this year due to off target passes than bad decisions.

 

 

Maybe he doesn't turn it around. But he's a young player who has always been self critical, has shown some improvement in his time as an NFL player, so I don't see how you can just say "nah, this is who he is, can't fix him at all"

 

When we've seen guys get better throughout their career, sometimes in strides, sometimes leaps and valleys.

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