i winced when i saw this pick as I was preparing my mack happy dance

my missus was like are you upset which put it in a bit of perspective

i wasn't upset it just came right out of left field as I never dreamed we would pick bortles

 

that being said i like him, people saying gabbert 2.0 have not watched him in the slightest.. He is strong and stands upright in the pocket. He reminds me of andrew luck on the move and we will need a strong phyiscal guy in the pocket against clowney, watt and mathis twice a year

 

His decision making is his fall down, as he currently does alot of one read stuff and his mental game needs to be worked through so sitting behind henne is a good call.even though another year of henne will hurt

 

if this 1 year turns bortles into our franchise guy for a decade I can certainly live with that

this does however reinforce my feeling that caldwell has 3 years to get us to 8 and 8 which meant he had to draft his guy now to give him time for development

 

 biggest relief in the draft was minnesota grabbing teddy before houston, don't think I could have taken that

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