Jaguars QB Bortles returning California for more work to

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles is headed back to California for more offseason work.

Bortles plans to spend a month at 3DQB in Los Angeles to continue honing his mechanics before what likely will be the most important season of his NFL career.

"It just feels as though guys are sick and tired of being below average and not be successful when we feel as though we have the ability to be a good team and we haven't been," Bortles said Wednesday, after the second practice of a mandatory, three-day minicamp. "It's time to make a change. It's not going to happen overnight. You've got to go do something about it."

Bortles made several trips to the quarterback school run by former Major League pitcher Tom House during the 2015 offseason. Bortles responded with his best year, throwing for 4,428 yards and 35 touchdowns.

He stayed in Jacksonville most of last offseason and finished with a disappointing 23 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. Offensive coordinator Greg Olson was fired in October, and coach Gus Bradley was let go late in the season.

Bortles has shouldered much of the blame for the team's offensive woes and seems more committed to becoming more consistent and helping the Jaguars, who have a league-low 18 wins over the last five years, be more competitive. So he doesn't plan on taking much time off even while teammates are traveling in the coming weeks.

"I think my goal is for us and this team and this organization to be extremely successful and we haven't for three years since I've been here," Bortles said. "Even after that happens, I don't think anything will change. It's what I do. This is our job. This is my job and my passion, so I'm going to do and exhaust every resource I have and able and try and make this work and get it rolling."