(04-06-2021, 07:42 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(04-06-2021, 11:14 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: Lol .... we draft Bortles #3. which was probably just as bad, if not worse, than Bridgewater.   It's not like we landed Khalil Mack at #5 or Aaron Donald at #13.  I remember a lot of posters wanting Khalil Mack at that time.

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Oddly enough, this indicates that if SF doesn't select Mac Jones at #3, then he slips out of the top 12 so they could have ultimately selected him at their original draft position (#12).  That's why I think they go Fields.

I dont remember anyone wanting Bortles.  Some on here wanted to tank for Teddy and thought he was the next Manning, one of the worst prospect comparison ever on this board lol.   Dude has one of the weakest arms in the history of the league and was never good.  With that said,, Bortles has thrown 35 TDs in a season, multiple other 20+ TD seasons.  Bridgewater has never thrown more than 15 TDs in a season

I was among those wanting Bridgewater.  I did not compare him to Manning, though I thought he had a good football mind.  I backed off that when I heard of his combine performance when he couldn't throw the football without gloves and left scouts questioning his arm strength.  But all of the talk from analysts before the scouting combine had him as the top QB prospect. 

Yes I was spectacularly wrong, but advocating that a QB hungry team like ours take a person widely touted as the best QB in a draft class is understandable.

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