It's pretty obvious why Vegas odds has us at only 5.5 wins this coming season... one word.... Bortles. A professional quarterback into his third season shouldn't still be struggling with rookie technique issues... issues that are a part of what's at the heart of his high percentage of thrown interceptions. He also has been sacked an outrageous number of times; in part due to a really substandard offensive line, but also due to his own poor field vision.

 

Our move toward a run first game is due to the well deserved lack of confidence in Bortles to not turn the ball over. Yet we give this guy his fifth year extension? That is a real head scratcher to me.

 

Anyway, I'm not surprised Vegas sees us as no better than 5.5 wins since we've still not addressed a significant part of our problem (quarterback). Now if we had an offensive line of absolute maulers, I might have more confidence in Bortles; but as it is, not so much.

 

Here's to what will probably be another losing season... though I would be very happy about it if I were dramatically wrong... but I don't see it.

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