(11-30-2018, 10:56 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(11-29-2018, 09:47 AM)Jay Carter 904 Wrote: Simple.

I keep harping on this. He'll be starting next year pending a big QB signing.

Interesting take.  What do you think the purpose of putting the offset language in his guarantee portion of his deal next year was for then?

It's possible he's here.  It's possible he's starting. But based on his deal and everything we've seen from him to date, it's far more likely the team is planning to move on from him if they can.  The draft doesn't always go the way you want unless you have the number 1 overall pick which I don't think we'll end up with so it's possible they plan to move on from him but can't find an appropriate successor in the draft.  Also, I think signing a starting QB in free agency would require too much of a combined cap hit from the new QB's salary and Blake's dead money hit to be a viable solution here.  The successor, if he arrives next year, would almost certainly have to come in the draft and guys that are capable of starting right away tend to get drafted pretty high.

Based on our history, I feel strongly that they don't want to draft a guy to start immediately. Especially if he isn't NFL ready. The last two times that has happened, look how it has turned out. If they sign or trade for a vet like Stafford who everyone wants, they will cut Blake and draft a QB. If they don't, they probably will still draft a QB and Blake will start until the rookie is ready. I seriously believe they are trying to stay away from playing the rookie day 1.

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