(12-28-2018, 10:31 AM)JackCity Wrote:

(12-28-2018, 10:12 AM)hb1148 Wrote: I can't think of any FA QBs that are all that exciting as "the answer". Flacco would be the main candidate I guess, assuming he's available. He's on the downside though and maybe you get another 2 years out of him. Carr if he's cut? A step up from Bortles but still not what you'd hope for as a franchise QB. Bridgewater is the other guy to think about, I wanted him in the draft but he's obviously got injury issues and our line is still a big question mark.  

Signing a stop-gap, leaving Bortles as the backup and then draft a new guy in 2020 is sounding better and better.

Having Bortles on the roster in 2019 doesn't make any sense both from a practical point of view and from a team chemistry point of view its just odd. He'll be getting starter money to sit on the bench at age 26 having QBed the team for the last 5 years. Just move on, we aren't missing out on anything

I think a backup making starter's money is a little unpleasant if you're the owner but as fans it really shouldn't bother us, especially if a good chunk of it would just be wasted as dead cap anyway if you drop him. I also think Bortles' athleticism and generally good attitude would make him a decent backup (assuming they would let him be a read-once-and-run style running QB and stop trying to turn him into a pocket passer). You could do worse in a backup.  Do agree it could be a little awkward from a team chemistry standpoint but they'd probably be able to make it work.

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