Dent, weren't you just complaining about the Jaguars taking Bortles not too long ago
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I changed my mind after looking into it more, for several reasons. First of all, I trust Caldwell's evaluation, especially since he looked at not only this year's quarterback crop but also next year's and determined Bortles was the best of them all and would have been the first pick next year. The fact the Patriots would have taken him in the first round when they haven't done that for a QB in over 20 years and Bruce Arians also thinks Bortles will be a franchise guy says a lot to me. Both the Vikings and Browns probably had Bortles as their #1 rated quarterback and in the top 5 on their board. Caldwell getting calls congratulating him on the pick from other GMs afterwards. Bortles was obviously a guy highly coveted around the league, more so than any QB that has come out since Luck and RGIII in '12, so that makes me feel better about it.
And looking at Bortles personally, I never thought he sucked or anything, and I saw how he had great upside if everything panned out, I just didn't think he was ready to start in the NFL because of mechanical issues and figured we should get an immediate impact player. But Dave obviously thinks Bortles will be good enough that we couldn't pass on him, and with a real QB coach ironing out his mechanics and the fact we won't throw him into the first in 2014 I feel better about the pick.
Architect of drafting Matt Ryan doesn't mean much, how many playoff games has he won? Not to mention pretty much every team scouted Peyton......he was the consensus #1 in 98'.
This playoff win thing is so silly. It's the same thing with Romo. So these guys aren't good quarterbacks because they haven't had great playoff success? Please, if Cowboys and Falcons fans don't want their quarterbacks I'd have happily given them Blaine Gabbert and Chad Henne in for Romo or Ryan.
Put Matt Ryan on past Patriots or Ravens teams or the current Niners and Seahawks and he'd probably have multiple rings by now. Same with Romo. Football is the ultimate team sport, the quarterback cannot win it on their own.
Keep telling yourself that. It's not like it matters. Hard to see your guy develop with all the blackouts and everything. It'll matter even less when your team is in London or LA. Blake Bortles, the future of the Los Angeles Jaguars! (and by future I mean just another embarrassing mark on the history of a franchise with an already long list of embarrassing marks
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Jacksonville has not had a blackout in over 5 years. It's also a little hard to move the team when they just signed a new lease with the stadium that lasts through the next 20 years.
At least do some research before trying to look smart. You're literally just trolling now, and it's pretty bad trolling since there's no truth to it. Your hatred of Jacksonville is pretty weird.
