On Thursday night, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles looked like a different quarterback as he calmly marched his team downfield on a 15-play opening drive that ended with the signal caller scoring on a 2-yard run.
It may have been the only series of downs for the fifth-year starter, but it was enough of a sample size for the more than 62,000 fans in TIAA Bank Field to see that Bortles is a different player than he was at this time last season.
It also means the signal caller who helped lead Jacksonville to the playoffs and played his best football in the postseason hopes to continue on their upward path to becoming a franchise player.