(11-16-2017, 11:35 PM)Upper Wrote: The bar is just set so damn low if the fans and staff are saying what Bortles has done this year has been "incredibly well" or "very well, very, very well".

By the best measures he's been average so just use those words. And again, average is fine while he's cheap, but he's not going to be cheap going forward. He can stay on the 5th year option since we have so much rollover cap left, but he can't stay on with a long term deal. That would be just as bad as the also unwise deals given out to Dalton/Schaub/Garrard/etc.

I agree with this. It's just been so long since we've had a competent passer that most fans don't even know what that looks like. I was stunned that they did nothing to address the QB situation this past offseason. To do it again will be the greatest failure in NFL history. It would be a complete waste of a super talented roster. It is well known that he is our achilles. I guess everyone knows it but us. We will continue to see 8 or 9 in the box, completely stifling our running game because they know that Blake can't truly punish them for it. One drive a game will not make defenses change that up.

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