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Are you a Blake Bortles Believer?

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03-20-2017, 05:00 AM

I believe in Blake provided he proves his arm can withstand an entire season. That's my one red flag with him because last year we saw what it was like when arm fails him.


 

I recall back to Blakes first season. Now his stats were pathetic that season, but what stood out to me was watching him play he totally passed the eye test. Blake proved to me as a rookie that he could feel pressure and properly maneuver away from it and that he can throw on the run or even throw while being contacted. He has a natural pocket presence with the ability to make things happen when he gets outside the pocket. He also shows no fear on the field and is a tremendous leader. It's all of these things, in addition to much better accuracy throwing the ball, that made Blake way better as a rookie than Blaine Gabbert has ever been, and it was during his rookie season that I felt he'll be the guy to one day take this team the distance.


 

In year two he was out to prove himself, and he did. Yeah he had games where he looked like last year with the bad decisions and INTs, but last year in the bleakest of moments as the game started to get out of hand, something would snap in Blake and he'd turn into what I like to call "Hulk Borltes." It was though suddenly another person... a true great...took over, and he could do no wrong. When Blake let Hulk Borltes take over, he'd just slay defenses going right down the field to score. Often this happened just a tad too late as the comebacks fell just a hair short, but we saw that he can be as good as any qb out there.


 

Last year, we never saw Hulk Bortles. Oley had this elaborate passing attack all figured out with Blake soon leading the league in attempts, but the running game was left to rot. Even from the start we could see that Blake wasn't turning it on like he did the year before, but after winning two straight games over the Colts and Bears, it was basically over for Blake. I suspect he injured his arm at the tail end of that Bears game because it looked like he couldn't even throw the following week. Things only got worse as the Titans game exacerbated the injury, and it got to a point where he couldn't even throw a mid-range pass with any accuracy. By December you can see him finally starting to throw better, but at no point in the season was he throwing like he was when Hulk Bortles emerged during the '15 season.


 

This year he's worked with the guys who helped him out going into 2015, and he says his mechanics are looking better than ever. Hopefully this will have him throwing well enough to compete in games, but I sense we won't see that truly great QB we saw in 2015 until he gets knocked down after an INT only to see Hulk Bortles emerge and take names.


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