(08-14-2017, 09:35 PM)jaglou53 Wrote:

(08-14-2017, 03:02 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I agree with this 110%. There should be some really good QB's in this draft even if some of the underclassmen decide to stay in school. I haven't been impressed with the last couple QB classes, but I'm actually excited for this one. I see some real potential. I have several college QB's I will be watching intensely.

You're never gonna find the next Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers or Peyton Manning by trading for some other team's backup QB. I'd rather gamble and try to draft the next superstar. Some of you may be content with finding a pure game manager at QB, but that's not what I'm looking for. I want a dynamic signal caller who can lead this team to a Superbowl.

On the surface, this makes sense. However, when looking over the quarterbacks drafted since 1999, there have been many more busts than hits. The Jaguars have 3 of these: Leftwich, Bortles and Gabbert. The names Couch, Akili Smith, David Carr, Joey Harrington, Patrick Ramsay, Kyle Boller, Rex Grossman, J.P. Losman, Vince Young, Matt Leinhart, Brady Quinn, Jamarcus Russell, Jake Locker, Christian Ponder, R.G. 3, Brandon Weeden, E.J. Manuel, Johnny Manziel, Josh Freeman and Tim Tebow still give the general managers who drafted them nightmares as well as the hopeful fans who thought they had just drafted the guy who'd take them to the Super Bowl.

How many great quarterbacks have been drafted since then and taken their team to the Super Bowl? Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, Eli Manning, Cam Newton and Matt Ryan have taken their teams to the promised land, but are Newton, Manning and Ryan great? That is questionable.

Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson and Joe Flacco were not great (although Flacco was very solid) when their teams won Super Bowls. 

Finally, let's look at Drew Brees, Kurt Warner, Steve Young, and Rich Gannon. All were backups or struggling until they got traded and lead their new team to the Super Bowl. Our own Mark Brunell was also a backup in Green Bay and eventually took the Jaguars to 2 AFC Championship games.

Blake Bortles has more career pick 6's (11) than wins (10). He has more pick 6's after 3 seasons than any q.b. in the history of the NFL. Obviously, the coaching staff and administration has very little confidence in him as evidenced by their off-season acquisitions. Take as much pressure off Bortles by running the ball and playing great defense; this will be their strategy. Does anybody have any doubt that Blake will lose at least 1 or 2 games this season due to terrible judgement or lack of accuracy? The term "game manager" may not be sexy, but if the team has a great defense and solid running game that is all they need until they are fortunate enough to find the next Brady, Manning, Brees or Roethlisberger. It wasn't that long ago that David Garrard, an average q.b. for sure, lead the Jags to the playoffs including 2 wins against the Steelers on consecutive weeks before running into Tom Brady.

It's time for this team to cut their losses. If they feel Henne would not be an improvement, trade for someone who won't continue to lose games for this team.

Can you honestly say you see a backup QB on another team that can be mentioned in the same sentence with Drew Brees, Kurt Warner or Steve Young? I certainly don't see it. Nothing even close to it. I do see several QB's in the next draft that I believe have the potential to be stars though. I haven't been able to say that for several years, but I really like the way this class is shaping up so far. I'd rather see how this college season plays out and gamble on getting a QB in the draft. I was not a fan of any of the QB's the Jags drafted in years past, but hopefully we have learned from our mistakes and we'll get the right guy now.

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