Tim Tebow is a better passer than Blake Bortles

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Bortles: 12/23 for 87 yards. Long was 20 yards. 1 TD. 0 INTs. He was the leading Rusher w/ 10 Carries for 88 yards.

I hate to break it to you, but those are very Tebow-esque numbers. If Tebow put those up in today's game, you'd be clamoring again, "He won a playoff game."
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FYI, Fournette had 60 yards on 20+ carries :lol:

Bortles outrushed both Shady and Fournette because football.
 

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Bortles: 12/23 for 87 yards. Long was 20 yards. 1 TD. 0 INTs. He was the leading Rusher w/ 10 Carries for 88 yards.

I hate to break it to you, but those are very Tebow-esque numbers. If Tebow put those up in today's game, you'd be clamoring again, "He won a playoff game."

Even if they are, with those exact same numbers and Tebow instead of Chortles the Jags would be 10x more relevant nationally and probably twice as profitable. Just look at the exposure Denver got in their equivalent playoff run.
 

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Not that this fantasy matters now, but it would be awesome to see what Tebow could do on that team, which emphasizes a smash-mouth running game and suffocating defense. He may have been the perfect fit.

Oh well.
 

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Not that this fantasy matters now, but it would be awesome to see what Tebow could do on that team, which emphasizes a smash-mouth running game and suffocating defense. He may have been the perfect fit.

Oh well.
 

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Bortles (who is garbage) 2017 stats:

16 games 60.2% 3687 yards 21 tds 13 ints 57 rushes 322 yards 2 tds 9 fumbles

Tebow:

16 games 47.9% 2422 yards 17 tds 9 ints 197 rushes 989 yards 12 tds 15 fumbles
 

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Admittedly, I haven’t watched much of the jags this year, but that QB is as bad as any I’ve ever seen playing on Sundays.

You must be a young pup. Have you ever heard of Karl Sweetan or Jeff Komlo?
 

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Bortles sucks. If he isn't handing the ball off to Fournette, the playcall is "drop back and run". Gas passes better than him. He is barely serviceable as a backup, let alone a starter. If Tebow had a running back as good as LF to take the pressure off of him and one of the best defenses in the league, he would probably still have a job. There were multiple instances in today's game when Bortles nearly blew the game single handedly. They won in spite of him. Tebow didn't have a spectactular game years ago, but he won that game against Pittsburgh by making big plays when it mattered most. He may compare similarly to Tebow, but his decision making is much much worse in my opinion.

Tebow is one of my favorites of all time in any sport. That said, to claim he didn’t have a good running game and superior defense supporting him in Denver is dishonest. That defense won a Super Bowl almost by itself. Running game is just about the only place they got offense from.

I would’ve loved to have seen him with the Jags, though. I bet he could’ve put up similar numbers to Bortles and like others have said, Jax would be 10x more relevant right now.
 

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Jags should just cut Bortles now and sign Tebow to a 30-day contract.
 

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Jags should just cut Bortles now and sign Tebow to a 30-day contract.

You must not have seen Tebow during his baseball schedule, he is baseball shape now. Lost a lot of his muscle mass.
 

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She passed the turkey and dressing, and the lima beans and okra, around the table with far more success than Bortles throws a screen pass, and we were a pretty voracious bunch, but I don't think there's a rating for that.
Now that's funny!
 

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