Quote:Both. When you have [BAD WORD REMOVED] poor technique and you overdue it you're going to tweak something you shouldn't and it's going to expose you badly or eventually put you out of commission. And then they stated after the year he separated his shoulder at some point didn't he? I am sure that didn't help. 

 

I don't think anyone publicly from the team stated his arm was limp but there were quite a few games or instances where his passes were either falling in the dirt well short of his intended target or he was over throwing his intended targets by a mile from pressing too hard. 

 

I am hoping 2016 was just an anomaly for him between poor preparation by the former coaching staff and him trying to press through his injuries and poor techniques after not being able to spend his off season the way he wanted to in 2015. 

 

Hackett was his best friend though once he took control of the offense. The running game improved tremendously despite the injuries on the line and the inconsistent push up front at times. I think that commitment to the ground game continues in 2017. And that's going to allow Bortles to hopefully pick and choose his shots down the field more carefully and accurately and take the pressure off of him.