(02-09-2018, 02:10 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(02-09-2018, 02:06 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: As I said before, Bortles has had his chances and he isn't where he should be. I don't believe that would change and that's just based on what I've seen from him. That's all I need to know. I was very positive when we drafted him and I really hoped he was gonna be a franchise QB, but that didn't happen. Experiment over. It's time to find a replacement. A rookie starts with a clean slate. They would bring a fresh, new aura to the team.

So what would your expectations be for a rookie to produce?

At what point would it be reasonable to expect him to produce at a level befitting a Super Bowl contending team?

If not immediately, how many years of the team's Super Bowl window will be wasted waiting for him to get to that level?

I would expect a rookie to have largely the same type of stats that Dak Prescott, Andy Dalton and Cam Newton had this season. They ranked 16, 17 and 18 among NFL QB's. Pretty average stats. Not bad, not great.

I would then expect a much better second season that would show a sharp improvement over what Blake Bortles would give us during the 2019 season. Possibly getting us to a Superbowl

I would say no more than 2-3 years, which I believe is very reasonable, considering a rookie would not weaken our budget and we could keep our high impact defensive players.

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