(10-16-2018, 09:57 AM)FBT Wrote:

(10-15-2018, 03:23 PM)Inziladun Wrote: To be fair, you don't just swap QBs mid season all willy nilly. Once Bortles sits, you have to be ready to commit to that decision. There's a possibility that Kessler is a lot better than Bortles at this point, and the coaching staff isn't ready to shake up the whole team. I'm not saying it's likely, but to say he's not starting is evidence that he's a worse option isn't necessarily the best case to make.

Fact of the matter is, if you sit Bortles and start Kessler and STILL lose games, it's going to look worse on the coaching staff than losing games with Bortles.

There's a possibility that unicorns exist too.  

It's okay to accept the reality that Kessler is in the position he is because he's just not a starter, and the only opportunity he'll get to take snaps in a game that matters is if Bortles is incapacitated.  He's not going to get a whiff of the field if Bortles is healthy.

I agree he's not a starter... but only because he's listed as the No.2 QB on the depth chart.

Fact of the matter is that all we can do is speculate until he's out there. Every great QB there's ever been in this game has sat behind a QB at some point. I'm not insinuating that Kessler is the next GOAT but to say he's the backup because he's trash is just as much as a leap than to say that he could possibly be better than Bortles on this team...

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