JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars are walking a fine line with rookie quarterback Blake Bortles.

They like the way he is willing to take shots downfield, but they also want him to cut down on interceptions this week when the Jaguars face the Tennessee Titans.

Bortles has thrown six interceptions in the last 10 quarters. Chad Henne threw just one in the first 10 quarters before he was benched.

Offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch said Bortles will learn from his mistakes.

“There’s going to be so many firsts for him, so many firsts,” Fisch said.

Coach Gus Bradley said, “I think with Blake we wanted to make sure the guy that we ended up drafting was strong mentally and had really strong mental toughness and was a really strong competitor. So these situations like this (when he throws interceptions), you can talk normal. You can talk to him and say, ‘challenge yourself, let’s go, have good efficiency, we want you to take shots, but be smart in the decision making.’ And he knows that. He will be the first to admit he has to make good decisions.”

Bortles doesn’t blame his errors on being a rookie.

“I don’t really believe in rookie mistakes. There are mistakes and there’s not mistakes,” he said. “It’s kind of irrelevant when you make the mistake how old you are. People make the same mistakes whether it’s your first year or your 15th year.”

To help take some of the pressure off Bortles, the Jaguars would like to get their running game in gear.

They ran the ball only 15 times against Pittsburgh after Bortles checked out of running plays to passes seven times. He completed five, but he also threw a pick-six on one of them.

The Jaguars are last in rushing attempts (95) for teams that have played five games, second to last in yards per game (67.0), tied for 26th in yards per attempt (3.5) and tied for last in touchdowns (1).

Because Tennessee is ranked 26th against the run, this might be a game when the Jaguars can get the running game untracked.

The Jags also may give more carries to rookie Storm Johnson, who made his debut against Pittsburgh and had a 9-yard run wiped out by a penalty but then ran for 20 yards and six yards on consecutive plays before his ankle started bothering him.

After getting the ankle taped and returning to the game, Johnson wound up with 27 yards on four rushes.

“With Storm, it’s a trust where he’s continuing to build trust with his teammates. But the runs he had were very impressive,” Bradley said.

And Johnson trusts his quarterback because he played two seasons at Central Florida with Bortles.