(09-18-2017, 08:18 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: LOL, this thread is pure gold.

Desperation move?  Hardly.  Competition?  I seriously doubt it.

My guess is that he was brought in for a couple of reasons.

First, they probably need another "arm" for practices and game planning.  My guess is the original plan was to have that "extra arm" be Allen by planning to sign him to the practice squad.  Since he got picked up by another team they had to find another arm.

Second, he could be an "insurance policy" should there be a significant injury to Bortles and/or Henne.  He's not going to be any better or any worse than Allen.  The only way that he will be active on game day is if either Bortles or Henne has a significant injury.

My guess is that he was signed to the active squad because he is probably ineligible for the practice squad.

This isn't training camp. You don't need another arm at practice at the expense of depth at another position.  You carry 3 QBs because the 3rd has trade value, developmental value or there's something wrong with one of the other two. They apparently didn't need to roster Nassib as an insurance policy as he was on the street. There's a high degree of likelihood that he would have been available a month from now. So rostering him means a little more than what you are choosing to believe.  If they end up cutting him in a few weeks it will mean that they determined he was a downgrade not that they needed a camp arm for a couple of weeks.

The team is doing what they can at this point as far as due diligence is concerned at the QB position.  They're bringing someone in that they are familiar with.  They're going to get him up to speed and ready to play if need be and if they deem he's capable.  They might also be getting him ready to back up Henne because once they move on from Bortles he's done here. He's not coming off the bench with that $19 million dollar cap bomb strapped to him.  I don't believe Bortles has 2 more stinkers of a grace period left with this team.  I think he's done here after the next one which could be as early as this weekend.

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