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What if this deal materialized?


https://jaguarswire.usatoday.com/2019/04...tkoHkjQddg

Would we have still pursued Foles?
Was just about to post this myself... It leaves me with so many questions...

Why bring him in as a FA visit, not sign him, then try to trade for him in preseason?
Had they already decided re-signing Bortles was a mistake?
Is there any coherent long term strategy in our FO?

Lotta questions...
They were probably looking for an upgrade at the back up spot sensing Kessler’s ineffectiveness if thrown into a starting role. Due diligence at best. No way they considered him some long term starter, so yes I believe they still would have gone after Foles.

It was Super Bowl or bust last year in the preseason.
(04-04-2019, 07:37 AM)jaglawyer Wrote: [ -> ]They were probably looking for an upgrade at the back up spot sensing Kessler’s ineffectiveness if thrown into a starting role.  Due diligence at best.  No way they considered him some long term starter, so yes I believe they still would have gone after Foles.  

It was Super Bowl or bust last year in the preseason.

I think you're right, but it would've been a terrible look to trade for someone they had in the building as a free agent a few months before. Doesn't fill me with confidence that everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet, so to speak.
They were initially looking for a better back-up for Bortles who had just been extended, then later tried again to acquire the back-up, perhaps with a bit more urgency.

Either way, I'm not interested in that acquisition. It will be interesting to see where DeFilippo steers the backup QB selection. And I don't think it will involve RG3.
Good God! We dodged a bullet!
RG3 sounds like a loser.

He'd rather be a backup then be a bridge QB?

That's how you show you're worth being a starter.
(04-04-2019, 01:03 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: [ -> ]Good God! We dodged a bullet!

Winchester, Remington... Bortles, RG3... I don't think it really mattered last year.  We were going to bite either one and still end up where we stand today.
(04-04-2019, 01:10 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: [ -> ]RG3 sounds like a loser.

He'd rather be a backup then be a bridge QB?

That's how you show you're worth being a starter.

Hmm...

Did you miss all the RGme pressers from his days in DC?
Never really liked the guy myself