Quote:Which is why it's going to be a bad sign if Henne can hold him off for any significant length of time.

 

I understand he's a rookie coming out of the spread and won't look on day one of training camp like he should look after a few years in the league, but once he has had enough time to learn to really take snaps from center and understands the playbook I can't see any reason why he shouldn't be pushing Henne aside at that point.

 

If he's not doing that at some point early this season then it's a really bad sign for Bortles.

 

I don't think he's going to be held off for very long.  There's going to be a learning curve there, and Caldwell said last night that there are things he'll need to work on.  But, they're expecting him to go the extra mile taking reps after practice, and working offline with his receivers to overcome any learning curve. 

 

Bortles will assume the starting role when he does.  Whether it's early in the season or not matters very little.  We drafted him for the long haul, and not his rookie season.  If what they're saying about his work ethic, intelligence, and willingness to improve are correct, it won't take long.  They're going to give him every opportunity to step into that role as quickly as possible, but there's still a learning curve there.

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