(01-27-2018, 02:00 AM)Upper Wrote:

(01-27-2018, 12:59 AM)Rooster Wrote: What options is he going to have? Is someone else going to give him $19M a year? I doubt it.  The Jags are in a position to get him on the cheap because he wants to play here.  Cousins wants a mega long term deal.  He's been playing on 1 year deals for 3 years.

The 3/45 you suggested is exactly the deal Mike Glennon signed last offseason. Do you really think, honestly, that Blake would sign that deal coming off an AFC championship appearance and with inflation/cap going up another year? I know it's a popular suggestion but there's just no way that happens.

The guaranteed money is all that matters and Glennon's deal had only $18.5 million guaranteed.  It is essentially a 1 year $18.5 million dollar deal with a team option for years 2 and 3 which I can't imagine they'll continue holding his contract with him being the back up now.

Bortles isn't just going to hand the team his rights for a couple of years without getting some additional guaranteed money in return though.  These hypothetical team friendly deals that keep getting tossed around aren't realistic unless Bortles is allowed to test free agency and finds that's all he can get.  And if he tests free agency there's no guarantee he signs here.  If he's the plan, just keep him on the option.

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