It’s been a rough campaign for Blake Bortles. He was benched (twice) Jacksonville Jaguars Hats , his team is back to its losing ways, and he very well could be out of a job quite soon. Bortles’ play on the field in 2018 left a lot to be desired — and that’s putting it lightly — but the entire Jacksonville Jaguars offense was in shambles this season. Earlier this week, we wrote about how Bortles was the 29th-highest graded — or fifth lowest among the 33 qualifying quarterbacks — in Pro Football Focus’ final quarterback ranking list from the 2018 season. Now we are writing about NFL.com’s 2018 year-end QB Index, in which Bortles was ranked even lower. “Around The NFL” Editor Greg Rosenthal slotted Bortles in at No. 31. There were 33 total quarterbacks on the list. Bortles was ranked ahead of only two rookies: Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills (32) and Josh Rosen of the Arizona Cardinals (33). Apparently it was a rough year for rookie signal-callers named Josh. Ranked just ahead of Bortles on the index was Miami’s Ryan Tannehill (30), Washington’s Alex Smith (29— and that is simply due to injury or else Smith would likely be much higher) and San Francisco’s undrafted rookie Nick Mullens (28). Here is what Rosenthal had to say about Bortles: Harsh words from Rosenthal, but unfortunately, he’s probably right about the decision to extend Bortles. Admittedly Jacksonville Jaguars Womens Hoodie , I didn’t have an issue with the extension at the time as I thought Bortles’ play last season, and in the postseason in particular, earned him the contract. I of course knew that Bortles wasn’t the most ideal quarterback to have, but I thought he would be able to manage. I was dead wrong. By all accounts, Bortles is a hard-worker, genuine and caring guy and does a lot for the Jacksonville community. But it’s been proven at this point that the Jaguars can’t win with him at the helm. It will be sad to see Bortles go if he’s released or traded in the offseason, but I think it’s the necessary move at this point — although it isn’t certain Womens Customized Jacksonville Jaguars Jerseys , that does seem to be the most likely move. Time will tell. Bortles finished the 2017 season ranked at No. 24 in last season’s year-end QB Index. So, this sounds about right for The BOAT. Although, an argument could be made that Bortles should be ranked ahead of Tannehill. What do you think?Jaguars vs. Falcons: Defense stands out during Week 3 preseason game The Jacksonville Jaguars offense was extremely productive, racking up over 400 yards of total offense. The starters had nearly 250 by halftime, with neither rushing nor passing eclipsing the other.But it was the defense that stood out against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 3 of the preseason — specifically on the opening drive when the football looked as close as it could to a regular season matchup.That’s what we’ll be diving into this week as we break down the drive of the game for Week 3.Play #1: 1st and 10 at ATL 25Tyler Patmon is starting at outside cornerback once again, this time in A.J. Bouye’s place —last week it was for a suspended Jalen Ramsey — and he gave Mohamed Sanu way too much cushion on this first down throw.Matt Ryan was always going to go to Sanu and it’s just a breakdown in the zone coverage. (Sorry, All-22 isn’t available in the preseason or else we’d be able to see how the safeties are reacting to Sanu’s route.)Play #2: 1st and 10 at ATL 45This is just an absolutely Herculean effort by Malik Jackson (circled above) to move down the line and make the tackle at the line of scrimmage despite being engaged the entire time with right guard Brandon Fusco.Jackson is able to track with Tevin Coleman as Coleman searches for a lane to run through and makes the tackle with just his left hand.Play #3: 2nd and 9 at ATL 46Looks like there was some miscommunication between Yannick Ngakoue www.jaguarscheapstore.com , who comes out into the zone that Telvin Smith finds himself in to cover tight end Austin Hooper. If Telvin had let Yannick occupy that space, he could have been in better position to break up the pass to Coleman, who was split out like a receiver.Play #4: 1st and 10 at JAX 44Yes, it’s a gain of seven, but Malik is playing angry in the preseason. I honestly can’t wait to see what this guy’s got when the results matter.Malik quickly senses it’s a tight end screen, releases from his blocker, and sprints to save the first down — all while knocking tight end Mickey Shuler out.Play #5: 2nd and 3 at JAX 37Abry Jones and Marcell Dareus have to do a better job of sealing the lane here. Defensive coordinator Todd Wash (correctly) predicts the play call and gets his heavy package in to force a third down. Instead Jacksonville Jaguars T-Shirt , Jones and Dareus are moved out of the way and Coleman easily picks up the first down.Play #6: 1st and 10 at JAX 29Myles Jack is going to be very, very good this year. Now that the third-year player has settled into the middle linebacker role, he doesn’t have to rely on pure speed or athleticism to make a play, but has the positional knowledge to read, think, and react — while still bringing the speed and athleticism.The run lane was open for Coleman, but Myles sheds his blocker and makes a textbook tackle to stop the gain at just three yards.Play #7: 2nd and 7 at JAX 26I finally know what Daniel being thrown to the lions’ den looked like.Malik Jackson again makes the play. Do you notice a trend for this drive? He makes short work of left guard Andy Levitre and forced Ryan to tuck and move up in the pocket where Yannick helps with the sack (despite being held).Play #8: 3rd and 10 at JAX 29Unlike the first play of the drive Jacksonville Jaguars Hats , Patmon makes up for whatever blame should be assigned to him by playing the ball and receiver perfectly — knocking the pass away to force the Falcons to settle for a field goal on the next play.SummaryI think this drive is a picture of what we can expect to see from the Jaguars defense this season. They will get gashed for a run play here or there and the cornerbacks behind Ramsey and Bouye can (and probably will) give up a 15-yard catch every so often. But when it counts, they’ll shut you down and force you into a short punt or three points instead of letting you get into the red zone.Bend but don’t break all the way to the Super Bowl, Jaguars.