Jacksonville Jaguars QB Blake Bortles Looks Like A Rookie (sort of) in Loss to Pittsburgh [GIF]

Since being handed the reigns to the Jacksonville Jaguars offense rookie Blake Bortles has looked pretty decent. He's been raw at times and its clear that he has a lot to learn, but the been able to make the Jaguars look not as bad as they usually do. Heck--he actually gets the offense moving; something Chad Henne couldn't.

Against the Pittsburgh Steelers though he looked a lot more like a rookie that should be holding a clipboard.

via Bleacher Report

On the day he was 22-36 for 191 yards and two interceptions; the second a pick-six in the fourth-quarter that gave the Steelers a 17-9 lead.

The lack of a running game certainly didn't help (15 carries for 56 yards) making it easy for the Steelers defense to focus on the passing game. It seemed like the play calling didn't really make use of his talents either. He was also the victim of several dropped passes and penalties making his day look worse than it was.

Bortles is the man of the future so hopefully the Jaguars don't do anything stupid and consider giving Chad Henne another shot.

Maybe with his former college running back Storm Johnson being added to the backfield field mix the two can rekindle some of their UCF-magic against Tennessee next week.

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