It's funny, you can tell what channel people were watching during the pick by their comments here.

 

I was not surprised by the pick.  I felt the jags had about 4 guys they were willing to take at #3 depending on what happened in front of them.  Had Bortles and Clowney been gone we might have taken a trade if it was offered.

 

Bortles was generally considered the QB with the highest upside in the draft.  We had just re-signed Henne with the intent of him being the starter in 2014.  They team was probably concerned about Bortles going to Minnesota or Cleveland if they dropped back to 9 or lower.

 

Aside from having the highest upside at QB in the draft Blake, is also a guy from one of our secondary markets.  So there is a possible business benefit to this pick outside of the football benefit.  If you add to all of that the fact that Bortles has the kind of character that our head coach likes then you should be able to understand the pick.

 

As I said previously, the same folks who called the Gabbert pick brilliant when we moved up and took him are the guys who are wondering why we took Blake.  That to me is a ringing endorsement of this pick.

 

You have to remember that this team is approaching this as a multi-year building project.  Bortles will be ready when all of the pieces are in place.

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