Everyone was hyped for Blake Bortles briefly out-dueling Tom Brady

UPDATE: Tom Brady threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Danny Amendola with 2:48 left to put the New England Patriots ahead of the Jacksonville Jaguars, 24-20, for a come-from-behind win.

Surprise!

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Please, please, please don’t let Tom Brady read this headline at halftime of the AFC Championship Game, thus firing him up before he leads the New England Patriots to a comeback win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Through the first half, the Jacksonville Jaguars lead the New England Patriots, 14-10, thanks to a strong defensive effort and some crafty play-calling on offense.

Jacksonville’s run game is doing its thing, but that’s setting up play-action with always-embattled quarterback Blake Bortles.

Bortles completed his first six passes and led the Jags on their first touchdown drive. At halftime, he was 13-of-15 for 155 yards and a touchdown pass to Marcedes Lewis.

Meanwhile, Brady was 12-of-17 for 124 yards — not bad after suffering a mysterious hand injury leading into the AFC Championship, but not good enough (so far) to out-duel the great Blake Bortles, who everyone is super hyped for.

Inevitably, out came the puns, cracks and sarcastic commentary about Bortles’ start.

Blake Bortles has thrown more TD passes in the 2018 AFC Championship Game than Tom Brady

— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) January 21, 2018

Big Bortles Brand

— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) January 21, 2018

They are leaving too much time on the clock for Bortles.

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughTimes) January 21, 2018

Blake Bortles in the playoffs pic.twitter.com/5PRpSa4phj

— Kyle S. Maggio (@MaggioNBA) January 21, 2018

Neva lost pic.twitter.com/nnB7gXSovL

— . (@White_Ferrari_) January 21, 2018

If Blake Bortles marketed a line of jorts they would be called Jortles, anyway, here come the Jags

— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) January 21, 2018

put blake bortles on mount rushmore go ahead and just scrub off george washington's face

— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) January 21, 2018

Blake Bortles looks … not bad at all right now*.

* – take subject to change

— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) January 21, 2018

What if Blake Bortles was just pretending to be bad this entire time

— Jeremy Woo (@JeremyWoo) January 21, 2018

We just witnessed history because either Tom Brady had to come back to win the AFC championship against Blake Bortles or he lost the AFC championship to Blake Bortles

— Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) January 21, 2018

Watching Bortles smile you just KNOW he's fully aware that he should not be here and every point he scores is just plain silly

— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) January 21, 2018

Congratulations! Your BORTLES evolved into WARBORTLES!

— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) January 21, 2018

Blake Bortles is undefeated this season when the opposing QB has previously won a Super Bowl. pic.twitter.com/8CLGyxcT2Z

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 21, 2018

POPPIN BORTLES

— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) January 21, 2018

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