Quote:Personally, I still remember Hulk Bortles from the 2015 season.


Think back to 2015. It wasn't like Blake just showed up for games and started dominating. Not all all.... Early in games Bortles had his moments but also had his struggles that led to the Jaguars falling behind early putting them yet again in a situation where they had to come back. But going back to 2015, something was different with Bortles. The difference is that he had confidence in his arm, and he knew he could do what he had to do. He had the passion to win even though the defense that year consistently found ways to choke away any lead. I swear there would come a point in most games where he'd throw a pick six or something would happen where it starts to look like another loss, and that's when it would happen. ... he'd get back up and all of a sudden he was no longer Blake.... he was Hulk Bortles. From that point on he just slayed teams. I swear he could do no wrong with one deep strike after another. The TDs came one after another. He was a damn good QB. And boy oh boy did we come close to coming back from huge deficits to almost win games. If only we had todays defense back then we would have won a lot of games.


Last year something was wrong from week one, but with so much success the prior the year the Jaguars pushed his arm to the limit. Week after week the Jaguars led the league in attempts. Blake did ok in the early games much like he did early in games during 2015. But there was a hitch in his arm wherein he appeared to lose confidence, and with that loss of confidence we never even once saw the Hulk. He never showed up. Soon Blakes arm would be injured. I still think it happened at the end of the Bears game, but Blake said it happened a couple weeks later vs the Titans. Nevertheless, the injury wreaked havoc on the entire team, and it wasn't until December that they finally started looking somewhat decent on offense.


Blake has it in him to take this team all the way. He knows when he's throwing well, and when he's throwing well he's confident... when Blake is confident in his arm, the potential for good things to happen is there. I'm excited for this season because of what Fornette and Westbrook should do for this offense. If Blake's mechanics training did it's trick this offseason and he returns with that passion to win we say in 2015, the sky really is the limit. It all starts with his arm. If the arm is good, we're all good. If the arm is bad, it's gonna be a long, long season. I pray the fix worked, and if it did... stay tuned.