The Blake Bortles Generation: Are Young QBs Too Athletic for Their Own Good?

November 13, 2015   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

How can you tell Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles has made it?
"Last week, someone said something about my girlfriend," Bortles said. "I had to do a double take. I haven't had a girlfriend for a year."
When your opponents are taunting your nonexistent girlfriend, you know you're doing something right.
Trying to get inside someone's head is a sign of respect in professional football, and Bortles deserves a ton of that. He's becoming one of the best young throwers in football—talented, strong-armed, smart and bold.
And he is part of a Jaguars offense that in just a few years could be one of the very best in football. Yes, Bortles is getting that good, and so are receivers Allen Robinson and Allen Hurns. 
But now...now comes the hardest part for Bortles: staying healthy.
What's becoming clear with the NFL's new class of top quarterbacks—Bortles, Andrew Luck, Cam Newton, Derek Carr, Jameis Winston, Russell Wilson, Marcus Mariota, Teddy Bridge...

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