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I agree with most of what you say, to an extent. But the subliminal message is that they are OK even if Bortles isnt ready in 2014. In other words, they feel if Bortles stayed in college another year (and was developed with their own coaching staff), he'd be the top pick in 2015.If they took him that high, and all he has to do to be a starter is to beat out Chad fricking Henne, and if he can't or not ready to do that, then I'm getting a lot of flashback of another QB this team reached.



While I do expect Bortles to win the job over Henne very early, I'm not worried if he doesn't, because they basically warned us right away when he was drafted.If so, then they clearly drafted him based on his measurable and potential, not because he was ready to play.
Not something I am thrilled with.



It's like this, what they said is really the ONLY thing they could have said to put Bortles in a situation that didn't put a lot of pressure on him. If they said its a competition, and Bortles loses the competition, then the pressure is on Bortles as to why he lost the competition (when he was picked so high).

My take is this is definitely a competition in 2014, but they don't want to say it is.
I agree, it is DEFINITELY a competition. There's no reason why they would sit him if he indeed beat out Henne. It's not like Bortles is sitting behind a HoF or even a legitimate solid starter. How much can he really "learn" by sitting behind Henne? Like I said, it's not about winning record this upcoming season -- that's for 2015. Bortles doesn't have to put up RG3 or Wilson's rookie statistic, but by him making a couple of key throws, plays or drives every now and then, then you would know for sure he definitely can play in this league. There's no reason to sit him if he can play.


With that said, I fully expect Bortles to win the starting job day 1. If not, we are going to have buyer's remorse soon.

Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.