Official Texans @ Jaguars Game Thread, 10/18/2015

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Keith

Bortles looked like a turd, but don't underestimate how crappy his tutelage has been in Jacksonville. Could be homerism, but I think O'Brien has better success with Bortles. Who was the last young QB the Jags ever matriculated? And do the Jags have any running game whatsoever, much less someone as talented as Arian Foster to help?

The Jags are in year 2 of developing their rookie QB, and they'll be in year 3 when the Texans will likely be starting over in 2016. And that extra time makes a difference... Bortles TD-INT ratio has flipped since his rookie year, from 11:17 to 13:7 after yesterday.

And I'll just leave this here:

Games played
Clowney - 9
Bortles - 20

Point isn't about Bortles specifically. The point is the Texans completely ignored the QB position when taking Clowney in the 2014 draft when they should have taken their favorite QB before the 4th round. Bortles is imperfect. His passing accuracy seems to be his biggest failing. But yeah, I'd rather have Year 2 Bortles than Year 2 Clowney.

I'd rather have unnamed QB in year 2 than Clowney (Carr, Bridgewater, even Manziel). But Bortles is awful. He had 3 INTs yesterday plus 1 cancelled by a bogus penalty, a few others thrown to defenders and dropped, and about 4 passes he just lofted up into play as some kind of cross between a throw away and an attempt at a pass. That is more than bad tutelage. He was a workout warrior who looked good in shorts and never belonged in the 1st round. O'Brien may have worked miracles here with Fitzpatrick, Mallett, Savage, and Hoyer, but even the great BOB could not make chicken salad out of Bortles.