Big Cat Country Jun 15, 2018
Marrone on Blake Bortles: ‘We are ahead of where we should be’
Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone will be the first to tell you that he’s encouraged by Blake Bortles — more so than what he sees during the play but also before it. Speaking after a Week 3 win in London last year, Marrone was quick to complement Bortles’ on-field performance with how he was reading defenses, making pre-snap reads, and more. “If someone goes, ‘Well, he was 20-for-31, he missed 11 throws.’ Well, five of those throwaways were good decisions. I think that being able to get us in the right protections, him and Brandon Linder, against a team that was very...
Big Cat Country Jun 14, 2018
PFF says Jaguars have two of the best pass blocking OL
If Pro Football Focus is correct (which they are, let’s be real) the Jacksonville Jaguars have two of the best offensive linemen in the league protecting Blake Bortles along the interior — center Brandon Linder and newly signed left guard Andrew Norwell. That’s according to Austin Gayle who analyzed pass blocking efficiency around the league. According to Pro Football Focus, pass-blocking efficiency is the measure in which an offensive lineman allows pressures on a per-snap basis, with weighting towards sacks allowed. Here’s what Gayle had to say about Norwell. 2. Andrew Norwell,...
