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Originally Posted by RunKC
The Jags put everything on Bortles. Their defense sucked, their OL gave up 50 sacks and their rushing attack was 27th with 5 TD's and 1,473 yards.
Alex had a top 10 D, an improving line (only 26 sacks given up in last 12 games of regular season) and a top 10 rushing attack that scored 4X as many TD's and almost 1 YPC more than the Jags.
You put Alex in a situation where everything is on him for a full season and he fails miserably.
Bortles needs to work on his turnovers, but there's no doubt that what he brings to the table is more valuable than what Alex does.
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What does Alex Smith have to do with Bortles? All I said was that 205 Bortles was not better than 2015 Smith. That's it. I fully expect Bortles to be better than Alex in two more years if he progresses, and I'd obviously take him long term.
As for 2016, with our division, the NFCN, and the Bengals & Ravens on their schedule I expect him to go backwards before he moves forward. That is a completely different schedule than what they had in 2015.
Also, again it wasn't all on Bortles. He has one of the leagues best WR duos along with some other solid weapons in the passing game. They made a ton of plays for him.