Is Blake Bortles Overrated?

September 30, 2016   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

The Jacksonville Jaguars aren't familiar with tight fourth-quarter scenarios. That could help explain why the 0-3 Jags have already lost two games this season in which they possessed the ball with a chance to win in the final minutes.
In both situations, the Jaguars offense appeared tentative.
Trailing the Green Bay Packers by four points in Week 1, the offense took over on its own 37-yard line with 3:17 to play. On the ensuing drive, Jacksonville ran 12 plays. On only four of those plays did quarterback Blake Bortles attempt a pass that traveled more than seven yards beyond the line of scrimmage.
To boot, instead of throwing beyond the sticks on a do-or-die 4th-and-1 play from the Green Bay 14-yard line in the dying seconds, the Jaguars ran a bubble screen to Allen Hurns four yards behind the line of scrimmage.
Things got worse in a Week 3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Trailing Baltimore by two points midway through the fourth quarter, Jacksonville ran eight plays ...

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