(10-21-2018, 05:13 PM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-21-2018, 04:58 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: [ -> ]Has it been confirmed they're rolling with Kessler moving forward?
No, but it sends a terrible message if he goes right back to Bortles after just benching him. I don't see how anybody would take him seriously after doing that.
If Kessler played poorly I could see it but that wasn't the case. Kessler starts next week
(10-21-2018, 05:55 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: [ -> ] (10-21-2018, 05:13 PM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ]No, but it sends a terrible message if he goes right back to Bortles after just benching him. I don't see how anybody would take him seriously after doing that.
If Kessler played poorly I could see it but that wasn't the case. Kessler starts next week
I agree, stick with Kessler for the sake of locker room credibility.
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(10-21-2018, 05:13 PM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-21-2018, 04:58 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote: [ -> ]Has it been confirmed they're rolling with Kessler moving forward?
No, but it sends a terrible message if he goes right back to Bortles after just benching him. I don't see how anybody would take him seriously after doing that.
It's not without precedent, though. I remember Brunell being benched in 2000 in a game against the Ravens. A QB being benched doesn't automatically mean a switch has been made.
Not fluent in Ramsey-speak, but I suspect the fight in the locker room had to do with the team being split on Bortles. I know Campbell likes him. Apparently Ramsey doesn't.
To be honest Blake Bortles should have been benched at halftime during that Titans game at halftime, down 28-0 a few years back.
You know players like Ramsey think Bortles is complete garbage.
(10-21-2018, 06:23 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-21-2018, 05:13 PM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ]No, but it sends a terrible message if he goes right back to Bortles after just benching him. I don't see how anybody would take him seriously after doing that.
It's not without precedent, though. I remember Brunell being benched in 2000 in a game against the Ravens. A QB being benched doesn't automatically mean a switch has been made.
^ Andy Reid benched Donovan McNabb in a game after he had played very poorly during that one and the previous game. It provided a spark for Philly.
McNabb then started the next week.
(10-21-2018, 06:23 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-21-2018, 05:13 PM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ]No, but it sends a terrible message if he goes right back to Bortles after just benching him. I don't see how anybody would take him seriously after doing that.
It's not without precedent, though. I remember Brunell being benched in 2000 in a game against the Ravens. A QB being benched doesn't automatically mean a switch has been made.
That was more of let’s not get our QB hurt, than benching. Brunell was a pro bowler who could actually throw without a wind up.
Bortles throws a football like it’s a boomerang.
(10-21-2018, 06:32 PM)JagFanatic24 Wrote: [ -> ]To be honest Blake Bortles should have been benched at halftime during that Titans game at halftime, down 28-0 a few years back.
Coincidentally,
directly after that game was when the ESPN reporter stated that a Jags offensively player told her "I don't think we have the right QB". Presumably, that was Beachum.
Now, the same thing seems to be going on in the Jags locker room today.
It's supremely difficult to find an elite QB. But, a good QB and leader should have the entire team all-in on him being "their guy". IF, the locker room is split today because of BB,, after all these seasons,,, man, that says alot.
(10-21-2018, 06:34 PM)jagherd Wrote: [ -> ] (10-21-2018, 06:23 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote: [ -> ]It's not without precedent, though. I remember Brunell being benched in 2000 in a game against the Ravens. A QB being benched doesn't automatically mean a switch has been made.
^ Andy Reid benched Donovan McNabb in a game after he had played very poorly during that one and the previous game. It provided a spark for Philly.
McNabb then started the next week.
Brunell and McNabb or Bortles... Man that's a tough decision..
Bi-polar Bortles will be back next week.
He's due for a manic episode where he looks like Tom Brady.
Can't miss out on that.
The only reason I might start Bortles next week is because he knows the drill in London. He's been there, and there's not much of an adjustment for him. I pray the Eagles are affected by playing on the other side of the pond.
Kessler is not an answer but the team did seem to start stringing some first downs together (not to mention a score) when he went in. Still, biggest problems are the injuries to so many 1st team players on offense.
If Bortles starts another game for the Jaguars after bumbling around for four and a half seasons trying to be what he is not and will never be - franchise quarterback at the helm - I will lose respect for all the coaches and management.
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(10-21-2018, 06:41 PM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-21-2018, 06:34 PM)jagherd Wrote: [ -> ]^ Andy Reid benched Donovan McNabb in a game after he had played very poorly during that one and the previous game. It provided a spark for Philly.
McNabb then started the next week.
Brunell and McNabb or Bortles... Man that's a tough decision..
I'm agreeing with you on Bortles Kessler; Cody should get the start.
I'm just stating that it has happened before with a coach benching a QB for a game.
(10-21-2018, 07:08 PM)jagherd Wrote: [ -> ] (10-21-2018, 06:41 PM)Eric1 Wrote: [ -> ]Brunell and McNabb or Bortles... Man that's a tough decision..
I'm agreeing with you on Bortles Kessler; Cody should get the start.
I'm just stating that it has happened before with a coach benching a QB for a game.
Yea of course its happened before and will happen again at some point. I'm just saying that it's not a good look.
We have nothing to lose by playing Kessler. We just lost 3 straight. What's the worst that could happen? the Offense stays in its same stagnant slump and we lose again?
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Kessler makes quick decisions and can actually leave his first read. His only interception was in no way his fault.
Im ready to roll with him. What’s the worst thing that can happen? Zero points in the first half?
(10-21-2018, 07:43 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: [ -> ]Kessler makes quick decisions and can actually leave his first read. His only interception was in no way his fault.
Im ready to roll with him. What’s the worst thing that can happen? Zero points in the first half?
That INT was just as much his fault as it was Yeldons.. Throw a better ball and Yeldon doesn't have to try and finger tip catch it.