(01-26-2018, 04:08 PM)Kane Wrote:

(01-25-2018, 09:44 PM)SeldomRite Wrote:

Sign Bortles to a reasonable deal that brings his cap number way down from 19 million and sign a free agent or draft a young lion to challenge him.

Does Bortles have any reason to do that deal?
Also... doing that sort of deal negates any bringing in of spendy veteran QBs like Cousins I would think.
Not that I'd be against the idea of Bortles for 3 years 15 mil each year with a rookie getting drafted.

There would be a few reasons to do that but it doesn't matter because the team isn't allowed to negotiate the option I believe. They'd have to cut him first and then sign a long term deal. But if you do that the all the other teams get to talk to him as well which means there is no way you get his cap figure down by any significant amount because there are plenty of teams around that wouldn't mind paying ~$19 million guaranteed for Bortles.

The only way the Jaguars move on for Bortles is if they can sign another QB in the two day tampering period prior to the start of the new league year. In all honesty, I'd keep Bortles under the option, use the remaining cap space to resign some of the young core players and to move money forward into 2018 if possible. This team has shown in can win games with Bortles under center including winning the division and playoff games as well.

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