Quote:Blake's INT rate has dropped every year that he has been in the league.  Last year it was between Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger's.  If you just knocked Blake's tipped INTs down last year to 3, which is still more than the average quarterback suffers through, then his INT rate is actually very good.  His theoretical season would have been similar to Russell Wilson's and Matt Stafford's.

Yeah, I get it.  I just don't care about that stuff. I don't like to dwell in so many "what ifs" statistically speaking. The numbers are what they are. Every individual player has variables to consider.  

 

I look at the final two games of the 2016 season and see what Hackett did to reign in Bortles mistakes and the small step toward tightening up his motion Blake and Dedeaux made and I see all I need to see.

 

week 16 -- 68.4% completion rate - 0 INT

week 17 -- 64.1% completion rate - 0 INT

 

I think it's possible for Blake to fix his mechanics "enough" and that Hackett knows how to limit his mistakes "enough" to turn most of those close losses into wins. 

 

They don't have to turn him into a total game manager - but they will limit the deep ball and alter the short and intermediate stuff to suit his ability. 

 

The wildcard is whether or not he can keep his mechanics half-pulled together when the bullets start flying. 

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