When considering how the Jacksonville Jaguars have played these past two weeks of the preseason, fans of the franchise could definitely use some encouragement — and the latest Madden 18 simulations by Yahoo Sports might just brighten their day. Check out who came in at the No. 9 spot of their notable takeaways from their “Madden” season simulated by Shutdown Corner.

9. Blake Bortles was … great?



Yeah, you read it right: Madden 18 projected Bortles would amass 4,347 yards passing with 28 touchdowns and four interceptions. Realistically, I’m sure fans wouldn’t disagree that those numbers are highly unlikely when looking at his struggles in the preseason, but stranger things have happened in the league. On top of that, coach Doug Marrone and company have preached being a run-heavy offense, and it’s simply hard to envision him allowing a player who has thrown 51 career interceptions take the necessary passing attempts to reach those numbers.

As for Madden’s 9-7 record prediction for the Jags, of course, we would love to see it happen — and quite frankly, it’s more likely to happen than their predictions on Bortles. Though it still will be a tall task, maybe on the backs of Leonard Fournette and the Jags’ defense it could happen. After all, they do play in an unpredictable AFC South conference where crazy things tend to occur every year.