The Carr contract extension makes the Bortles 5th year option more palatable. $18+ mil a year isn't (or won't be soon) top 15 QB money. Carr isn't elite (and I don't believe he ever will be), but the extension he received is for the expectation that he will become elite. That contract, among other things, should be highly motivating for Bortles this season. We should have a pretty good idea what direction we're going with him by mid season.

I think Coughwell might have considered taking a QB if the value met our pick as in one of the guys that went in the first round were to have slipped to the second, but as talented as we as fans believe this roster might be they weren't willing to waste a pick reaching for a guy they didn't believe in later in the draft when those picks would be more effectively spent elsewhere for depth/special teams.

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