(10-03-2017, 06:00 PM)FBT Wrote: Maybe because he didn't see anything available that was a viable option, and decided to fix other holes that were more pressing?  It's not rocket science we're talking about.  They wanted to give Bortles this year to prove himself.  So far he hasn't shown the propensity to be much more than an inconsistent QB who can't be relied upon to deliver at clutch time.  

I know you're just locked on to this fifth year option like a pit bull chewing on a kitten, but you're going to have to let that go.  Bortles fate is probably darn near decided at this point, and it's not looking good for him to remain with the Jaguars, especially at a $19 million price tag.  He's 12 games from ending his NFL career as a starter, at least here.

I am just not seeing the same logic other people use because prior to picking up the fifth year option Coughlin, Caldwell, and Marrone all said the same thing: We want Blake Bortles. Surely you remember my offseason signature. Only during training camp - months after Coughlin picked up the option - did Marrone get frustrated with Bortles and consider a switch to Chad Henne. That switch lasted one week at most. That is why I don't understand everyone else saying we did not really want Bortles on May 3.

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