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Blake Bortles’ 2015 Season Is His First Real Test

Blake Bortles was beaten silly by opposing defenses in 2014. The rookie quarterback was taken down for a league-high 55 sacks behind a shaky offensive line that didn’t seem to know what hit them. Guys like J.J. Watt were a major part of that. Tack on another 30 hits (as measured by Pro Football Focus) and you may legitimately confuse Bortles as a young man auditioning to play ball in a pinball machine.

Hit continually in his first year, Bortles took his lumps. He finished 2014 as the lowest ranked quarterback in pretty much any measurement.