(12-15-2018, 11:00 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote:

(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.

not sure why they extended his contract through 2019 though.

Because they needed to spread the cap hit through three years in order to feel any kind of real benefit in 2018. Bortles' contract was clearly set up to lower his 2018 cap hit while still allowing the team to cut him in 2019 without suffering any real penalty on the 2019 cap. If he had continued to perform in 2018, all the better but that clearly hasn't happened and the team can now move forward without being hamstrung too much.

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