Watch "Blake Bortles vs Penn State (2013)" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6JLz-M9E8E&feature=youtube_gdata_player Blake has his bad moments in this game but he also makes some good throws as well. Check out the play at the 1:23 mark.
I already watched it. Trust me when I say I watched all of these guys. I've watched all the video some of them multiple times. That was one of his better games. He has his moments. There are a few plays where his pocket presence is good. But if you look at everything out there, his complete body of work, it is not at the same level as TB. Not even close. If you really watch for it you can see his poor footwork. You can find Bridgewater with bad footwork too. But with TB it's more infrequent and his amazingly good footwork is what you came away with from watching his body of work. The opposite can be said of Bortles. Bortles has the size, is a better runner but that's it. I think if you are being honest you will admit this.
Come on, you know there's more than that. Bortles was the AAC first team QB, and took down Louisville this year. The knock on Bridgewater is his size (among other things). You aren't a good NFL player if you're injured, and size is a factor in that.
Size is literally the only thing Bortles has on Bridgewater, that and not matching your perception on what you qb should look like lol
not true Bortles is a better runner, also, and arguably a better leader. Better arm, too need to see the wonderlic scores, also...
Better Leader??? What makes you think that??? Better Arm??? I think is debately, at least Bortles during the season What makes you think Bortles has a higher Wonderlic score than Bridgewater
I am glad I am not the only one. Bortles is big and strong but his arm isn't special. He is accurate until pressured and then his throws sail. He isn't mentally brilliant and he hasn't put up huge numbers. Why exactly is he worth going #1?
Their argument is UCF beat Louisville so Bortles is better. But if you truly watched the Louisville vs UCF game it's easy to see who the better QB was. Teddy did more under more pressure. I concede Louisvile has good defensive backs but UCF has a very good D. And more importantly they have a much better OLine and Bortles was clearly under less pressure and looked bad when he was. This and the S.O.S. are their arguments but forget about strength of schedule how about against the same team, South Florida. Watch both QB's vs the same team South Florida. Teddy Bridgewater goes 25-29, 3tds, 0 ints, 344 yds, qbr 95 and they win 34-3. Blake Bortles goes 17-26, 2tds and throws 2 ints, 2019 yds and a 29 qbr. They have to score a late TD to win 23-20. They played the same team, you can't argue S.O.S. there. Unfortunately will never acknowledge that because they have an agenda. I have an agenda too. I want the Texans to get the best QB available if he is worthy of the 1st overall pick. I don't even care that he outplayed him in that game. It's there complete body of work. That's what you got to watch and if you do that and still think Bortles is better and explain in detail why then I'll at least take you more serious. I will still think they are wrong but at least in won't sound so much like an agenda.
Watch "Teddy Bridgewater vs. Florida" on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmyPaOy7OTs&feature=youtube_gdata_player Pay close attention to Teddy during the Sugar Bowl. No big time NFL throws where he's driving the ball down field. And when he's in his pro sets (taking snaps from under center and turning his back to the defense _ play action) he mostly throws check downs and or incompletions. Only a couple that traveled around 10 yards in the air. And a majority of his completion came out of the spread and the pistol. His best pass was the one at the beginning when he took that big hit IMO. And he did look fast on the one scramble he had. But as you can see when he was under pressure he didn't look great and or he checked the ball down.
I wish this draft process would be over already. I just want to get rid of the buffoonery that seems to be infectious around these parts right now. Meh, at least I have access to the Styx Forum which contains the vaccine.
This could be footage of Bridgewater at the combine and Remii, bigtexxx, and Bobbythegreat would find something to critique about his play. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/cu8XNJmQsCI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Ok... I don't want to turn this into a discussion about Teddy. My main point was to show OMR how Teddy looked under pressure.
I know you're not serious. He played arguably the best defense in the country and picked them apart. Show me anything Bortles has done against any defense close to that level. Also remember TB is 2 years younger than Bortles at the time. Bridgewater is much better than that now and was better than Bortles then. Not to mention he has more upside.
I just showed you the S. Carolina tape were Blake had Clowney rushing him. And the Louisville tape who is #2 in the nation in sacs and have two players on the defensive side of the ball that are projected to go in the 1st and 3rd round this year. Florida had young corners and injured players by the time they played Teddy. And listen to the announcers during that tape... They say "check down" a lot when Teddy drops back to pass. Plus Louisville's defense was handling business... They scored a defensive TD in the first series and created turnovers. There was never really any urgency in that game. Maybe Teddy, Johnny, or Clowney will win O'Brien over _ but I don't think we should ignore the possibility that O'Brien may like Blake the best.
What I find funny is they'll accuse Teddy's Louisville team of being lousy due to poor competition, then cite the Louisville game as a big deal for Bortles & UCF. Derp.
Exactly. And then when I say okay let's throw out the strength of schedule argument and compare apples to apples and use Bortles' and Bridgewater's play against a common foe, South Florida there is a sudden silence. I'll repeat it again just in case they missed. Although I have never once miss anything negative on TB. Teddy Bridgewater goes 25-29, 3tds, 0 ints, 344 yds, qbr 95 and they win 34-3. Blake Bortles goes 17-26, 2tds and throws 2 ints, 219 yds and a 29 qbr. and they barely win 23-20. Where's the S.O.S argument now.
