(01-19-2018, 11:59 AM)Upper Wrote:

(01-19-2018, 11:42 AM)jagsfan1983 Wrote: I'm not saying don't draft a QB, but we won't be drafting high enough to get one of the top 3. There is a chance to hit a home run by drafting a QB later but Bortles would be a better option for next year and it would be better to have the rookie sit a year rather than throw them in the fire with Super Bowl aspirations and watch them struggle as a young QB with no NFL experience which is what happens in the majority of the situations where a rookie QB starts.

I should clarify again as I have in many other threads but maybe not this one. I am ok with Bortles on the 5th year option and drafting a QB as high as possible, hopefully in a trade up if a good prospect starts slipping like Mahomes/Watson did last year. I don't think it's as good as signing Cousins or trading for Smith (while also drafting QB early), but it's an ok option. I am not ok with giving Bortles an extension and drafting a mid round long shot QB to develop as has been suggested by many in this thread.

I'm not sure Cousins is a guaranteed upgrade. In his 25 and 26 year old seasons he threw for 14 touchdowns and 16 interceptions with a QB rating of 74.3. Even this season (29 years old) his Total QBR was lower than Bortles. 0-2 in the playoffs with a rating lower than Bortles. Bortles is also without a #1 receiver and or a decent tight end. Could Cousins turn out better than Bortles going forward? Maybe, but it is far from a certainty. People get on Bortles for turning it over. His career INT % is 2.9. Kirk Cousins at age 26 had a career 4.7% INT %.

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