(12-15-2018, 03:28 AM)haveaseat Wrote: Dave Caldwell doubles down on Blake Bortles because he was his draft pick. He knows this team was built on running the ball and defense. He didn’t bring any legitimate competition through free agency or the draft. He deserves to be fired. He’s whiffed too hard and often. It’s disgusting he still has a job.

Disagree.  I think going conservative of the 2nd half of the Pats game left the Jags with an false sense of optimism that Bortles may be able to lead this team to the SB.   Think about this, Bortles played well vs the Steelers and vs the Pats in the 1st half, then (just prior to the 1st half, they pulled the plug on Bortles for the remainder of the game).  Had the Jags continued to run their more open offense they would have know whether Bortles could be a closer or not.  I think the "UNKNOWN" that was left on the table last year resulted in the Jags decision to roll the dice on Bortles for another year; not sure why they extended his contract through 2019 though.

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