As a bears fan, i remember defending Cutler in a similar way. Ultimately though i tend to think the collective view on QB's is usually pretty accurate. The collective view on Cutler was that he made too many mistakes. I think it is similar about Bortles. I agree Bortles picked his game up...
I wondered if elway might have gone all in on drew brees. Sacrificing Talib to make cap space seems odd if you are just going to get keenum. Brees agreed 2 year deal with saint though I see.