Jaguars looking to speed up Blake Bortles' development

The Jacksonville Jaguars liked what they saw from quarterback Blake Bortles in his second season, and want to ensure his development continues to go as smoothly as possible.

The goal this offseason is to have Bortles "functioning at a faster, clearer level," offensive coordinator Greg Olson says.

"You need to make sure (the offense) is tailored to fit the quarterback if you believe it's your guy, if it's not a turnstile," Olson told John Oehser of Jaguars.com. "We don't have a turnstile thing going on at quarterback right now.

"We're comfortable with Blake Bortles. We're going to accelerate his development."

As Bortles improved in 2015, so too did the Jaguars' offense. The unit ranked 10th in passing yards per game (256.8) after finishing 31st last season, and improved from 31st to 18th in total yards (5,581).

"With his work ethic, his intelligence ... he hasn’t hit his ceiling, and that should be encouraging," Olson said. "You've got to eliminate those turnovers and eliminate the sacks for him and get better in the run game. I think all of those things will help him - along with his commitment to getting better at the position and understanding it's a year-long commitment.

"If you look at the great ones, it's a year-long commitment. You can bet (New England Patriots quarterback) Tom Brady is thinking about what went wrong and what went right in that game this weekend and he'll continue to think that. There's some time away, but you have to be a gym rat."