(08-24-2017, 11:14 AM)jg77 Wrote:

(08-24-2017, 11:03 AM)Bullseye Wrote: I'm not sure I buy this.

What veteran would you have brought in that would have definitively fixed the position?

Given the finite number of draft picks, it's entirely possible they liked a QB but went with more immediate needs or the better player.

A rookie would not be expected to compete with Bortles his first year.  As much as Houston liked Watson, right now Savage is the starter.  As much as the Chiefs like Mahomes, right now Smith is the starter.  Denver spent a first round pick on Lynch a couple of years ago, but Simien is the starter

There were plenty of veterans that could've been brought in with higher upside than Chad Henne.  Hoyer, Geno, RG3, Keenum, etc (yeah these names may seem unattractive but it can be argued that Henne is much worse than the guys I've just listed). I think it's kind of clear that they didn't want Bortles to feel like he had to look over his shoulder.

Of that list, I think only RGIII would have had demonstrably more upside than Henne, and as it stands now, he is still unemployed.

You may be right they wanted Bortles to feel secure.  I think it's more likely that:

a.  They thought they could get a Bortles closer to 2015 than 2016 and could get the most out of him;

b.  they didn't see a more viable alternative, either in free agency or the draft.

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