(01-08-2018, 11:09 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(01-07-2018, 09:13 PM)JAGFAN88 Wrote: I know yall gonna bash me on this. But all you complain about BB has never actually won the game. he has never put the team on his back and willed the team to a win....

He made 3 or 4 nice plays running for first downs and he made a nice pass to Koyack in the endzone. 
Outside of that he did several of the things that caused this thread to exist in the first place. 

While Blake was a big part of the drive that gave us just enough points, a better QB has the Jags winning this one by a healthier margin without having to rely on the defense forcing turnovers to pull it of. The offense's struggles weren't all on Blake however.

I'm going to try to find time to break down Bortles play and Hackett's play calling tomorrow when the all22 angles are up on NFL gamepass.  But I know a number of drives stalled due to bad third down passes by Blake.
 - First - the one thrown to LF split wide that was thrown too near the LB underneath and batted. (Lewis was open down the seam on that one) 

 - Then the second drive he made an inaccurate throw to Westbrook on a crossing route.  He was looking at Hurns first - but checked off of him when he didn't come open quickly. So he made a quick pass to Westbrook under a bit of pressure. Can't really blame him too badly on that one I guess, but Hurns popped open the second Blake turned 
away.  Westbrook's position didn't give Blake a clear lane so the pass was off. 

 - Then there was the screen to Ivory thrown 4 yards left of the RB for some reason. While it looked like Ivory had 8 or so easy yards there - no guarantee he breaks a tackle for the first down. Still a really ugly pass attempt. 

 - Next drive they tried a comeback route to Westbrook that DeDe had to play defense against.  Lee on the opposite side was being played with more cushion by a lesser defender. 

 - On the next drive, Bortles gets a short field after the defense holds and the bills kick a short punt. Blake makes two good runs to set up the field goal, but also missed a wide open Marqise Lee over the middle in between those runs. Cann was beat on the play though, so Blake felt some pressure. 

 - The next third down stop was kind of a weak play-call from Hackett calling a WR screen on 3rd and 7. It was just defended well and stopped short. 

 - The next drive had a nice mix of play-calling good execution and a good scramble from the Qb and ended up in the Koyack TD. 

Would have been nice not to see all of those punts prior to scoring on 4th and goal with seconds left in the third quarter, and they'll have to fix that next week, but it was just barely enough on Sunday.