kearly":cv6edavg said:
I haven't seen him yet. All I remember was that at UCF he had a nasty accuracy issue on crossing routes down the field. Maybe they fixed it already? Other than that, Bortles was pretty dang good as a prospect.
Nick Foles had like 30 issues at Arizona and Walrus jr. fixed them by the first preseason game in 2012. RG3 had crappy mechanics and fundamentals at Baylor but lit the NFL on fire on day one. Sometimes 'project' QBs turn out to be good much earlier than people expect.
Do you base the "accuracy" issue on a Bucky Brooks article
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200000 ... t-elite-qb , or did you base your opinion on your own analysis? Perhaps a bit of both. How much did you actually watch him play? I assume the best that you at least watched some tape b/c I know you do your homework (far more than most of us have time to do.) Sometimes, that doesn't really tell the full story, though. This is one of those cases.
Like I said previously in another thread (in May)
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=92817&hilit=+Bortles when others were calling him the biggest reach... I asserted that Bortles was the prize QB of the draft. Everyone is starting to see why. He's still got lots of room to improve and I'm in no way saying he's arrived, but looks like the Jags didn't have to wait long to show everyone they didn't "reach" on Bortles. He was worthy of that 3rd overall pick.
I had the pleasure of taking one of my boys out to meet and get a photo with Bortles recently at a Jaguars Fan rally in Orlando. (We - of course - proudly wore our Seahawks gear, but respectfully gave props to what the Jags are building with Gus to anyone that asked.) There were other team fans there as well. Lots of Bortles fans/support no matter team allegiance. He seems like the kind of kid one doesn't mind seeing do well... even if he's not with your team.