(02-20-2018, 12:38 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

(02-20-2018, 12:06 AM)JUNGLE CAT 2017 Wrote: No he's not. Bortles should not be confused with the Jaguars' sudden success this past season. Blake's improvement since being drafted third over-all has been marginal, at best. 

Bortles remains extremely inconsistent as a passer and relatively shows remarkable improvement with significantly less pass attempts this past season. 102 less passes by Bortles in 2017 and none of the markers indicate any real appreciable drop off in passing game production.

In other words, the less we see of Blake Bortles, the better.

Not entirely sure the sentence in bold means Bortles is a bad QB.

Bortles' play during that stretch winning seven of eight and the divisional playoffs and AFCCG was damn good.

I think he was able to accomplish that because the offense provided him balance.  He was able to do that because he wasn't put in too many impossible situations.

I'm not saying we can't upgrade him.

But I'd also like to see him in this offense another year.  With a healthy Allen Robinson playing the whole year.  With a TE that can contribute in the passing game.  With further improvement from Westbrook and Cole.

I agree, this season should be the first where he will have a complete team around from top to bottom. Line, receivers, RB, TE, and hopefully have everyone healthy. in other words, he will have the complete package and be in the final prove it year of his rookie contract.

This guy will be playing for a 100+ mil dollar contract. I think we will see the best that Blake can possibly give. The way i see it, this next season will determine his career. This season will determine whether he becomes just another qb bouncing around the league as a back up, or a franchise guy.

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