(03-25-2018, 02:46 PM)JagJohn Wrote:

(03-25-2018, 02:16 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I think this staff is smarter than that and the roster is equipped to reach the play-offs even if Blake does have a few bad games.  (he certainly had a few bad games in 2017)

It's always the plan but things never go to plan, and the rookie goes in. Mahomes is the only one I can think of that has actually sat his whole rookie year, and that was because Smith was playing at such a high level last season. Perfect situation would be Blake playing well the whole year and giving us huge trade value, but history says odds are against it.

That's a grim outlook, but completely unconvincing for me. 

Things do indeed go according to plan sometimes and fear of failure is no reason not to make a strategic move at the quarterback position.

QBs that sat their first year:  Carson Palmer, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Alex Smith, Jay Cutler, Jared Goff

We just haven't seen it much lately. Doesn't mean it can't be done - and the Jags seem to be in a nearly perfect stance to try it.

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