(03-12-2018, 10:25 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(03-12-2018, 08:14 PM)leopold332002 Wrote: They believe in Blake man just let it go with the QB situation because we're not drafting one until the mid rounds

Blake signed a team friendly contract that gave us more money to play with and an easy out. Nothing has changed. We were never going to spend a ton of money on a FA QB, but that doesn't mean we've settled on Bortles as the long term starter. We are still going to be looking for an upgrade at QB. Maybe that is in round 1, round 2 or round 3. It all depends on where the right player falls.

Is it correct that Bortles signed a deal that decreases his pay significantly in the second and third years? With Cousins and maybe one or two other backup type QBs with sudden playoff fame about to re-write QB salary limits, all the elites QB are in line to make a giant leap over whatever massive contracts Cousins and the backup QBs get.

To contrast that, Bortles signed a deal that decreases his salary at a time when the true elite NFL quarterbacks are set to leapfrog over the kind of money Cousins, et. al will be getting in this free agency period.

Obviously, it looks like Bortles was out-smarted by the Jaguars. He signed a contract that makes him very attractive to other NFL franchises. Trade?

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