(08-24-2017, 11:23 AM)Bullseye Wrote:

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