Quote:I gave him a C. After a fine first half, he turned into Chad Henne in the second half. I'm not sure how much is on him vs. the coaching. There was no one running deep on his first interception, so that was at least one play where the failure to open it up was not on Blake. There were also what appeared to be designed screens which didn't allow Bortles to choose from among multiple targets. But there were some cases in the second half where I thought Blake chose the easy short completion.


 

I saw lots of flashes of greatness, which bodes well for the future. The overall results yesterday were average for an NFL QB, hence the C.


 

A 'C' game by our QB is still an improvement over Henne.

I think when shorts went out it allowed the Chargers to blanket the only two receives that could be a threat and as a result there was little down field to throw to. I also believe the play calling was changed and more Conservative because of the previous statement. I'm not sure you can put all the blame on Blake for the second half passing.

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