(02-09-2018, 10:42 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(02-09-2018, 10:40 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Option 4. Keep Bortles on the 5th year option, draft a QB in the first round, (trading up if we must.) Bortles plays poorly, we are set for the future with a 2nd year QB.

That still falls under option 3 which is that we are back to square 1 with a QB. A rookie QB who has zero experience playing on one of the most talented rosters in the league. Set for the future? The draft is such a crapshoot when it comes to QBs.

I comes down to being an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to believe that there are some very good QB prospects at the top of this draft. I really believe that and I also believe we will get one of them. I know the draft is a crapshoot, but if you go into it being scared and too cautious to take certain risks, we'll be stuck in neutral forever. I believe that the overall talent of this roster can actually elevate the play of a rookie QB. If a rookie comes here, he will be placed in a situation where he is set up to win. He's got a decent O-Line, that will be getting better with a couple of additions, a good running game, good young receivers and a very good/excellent defense. What other rookie QB's would be stepping into such a positive situation? If the rest of our team was crappy, maybe I'd be a lot more pessimistic, but I truly believe the right rookie QB could have the same effect here, as Carson Wentz has had in Philly or that Ben Roethlisberger had in Pittsburgh when he was drafted. When a rookie QB has a good supporting casts, they are more likely to succeed.

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