"He is the NFL's best when the game is basically over. In garbage time - which we define as the last five minutes of the fourth quarter, when a team is down multiple scores (9 or more points) -
Bortles transforms into the franchise quarterback Jacksonville envisioned when they made him the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. In these scenarios in the past two seasons, Bortles has completed 78 of 118 for 964 yards with 12 touchdowns. He's tossed only four picks. His passer rating in these instances is 111. To get a sense of how good that is, Tom Brady's rating across all of last season was 112."


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First couple of games are make or break for Bortles this year. I was hoping the jags would trade him for another team so I didn't have to watch them anymore.

fyi, Bortles played the same way at UCF. He is/was a gunslinger that excels on extending plays after they broke down. in 2013 the year before he got drafted UCF went 12-1 and finished #10 in the nation. It was one helluva year for UCF fans. We could have easily been 6-7 as most games were very close and won on Bortles heroics at the end of the game. One game was against @louisville. Louisville was ranked top ten, undefeated, and heisman candidate at QB. UCF was down many Tds in 4th quarter and Bortles willed them to win at the end.

Make or Break year for Bortles.

tonight (thursday) Buccs vs Jags.

Blake Bortles hears boo birds during brutal night in Jacksonville
Posted by Mike Florio on August 17, 2017, 9:26 PM EDT

AP
The Blake Bortles era could be on the verge of ending, sooner than later.
http://profootballtalk.nbcspor...night-in-jacksonville/

Blake Bortles's Biggest Problem May No Longer Be His Mechanics


http://www.si.com/nfl/2017/08/...jaguars-charlie-taaffe

I liked him. I think of him as an Archie Manning type who played with the Saints all of those terrible years and got tarred with that same brush.

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