(03-12-2019, 09:53 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(03-12-2019, 07:59 PM)hb1148 Wrote: That's pretty much the definition of average. Some people on this board must think 350 yards and 3 touchdowns are average, that's actually pretty elite. I'm not defending Bortles, I'm glad we signed Foles but to call Bortles the worst player in the NFL last year is to completely ignore what happened to the offense overall. Let's inject a little realism into the discussion.

If we're injecting realism into the discussion then where does the "he was average by most statistical measures" come into play? Or was that just a throwaway line without any evidence of it

Since we're talking realism, the actual quote was "he was average or close enough to make no matter".  Maybe you think improving his INT% by a couple percentage points to get him to average would have made a big enough difference to get the Jags in the playoffs, but I'd have to disagree.

Comp% league average 65.1%, Bortles was 93% of that, close enough to average to not matter.
TD% league average 4.92, Bortles was 65% of that, bad this is enough to actually matter.
Y/A league average was 7.49, Bortles was 89.7% of that, close enough to average to not matter.
Y/G league average was 252.2, Bortles as 83% of that, close enough to average to not matter.
NY/A league average was 6.56, Bortles was 90.3% of that, close enough to average to not matter.
Int% league average was 2.37, Bortles was 113% of that, close enough to average to not matter.

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