Quote:Hello, all. I became interested in Caldwell's plan for Bortles in the days after the draft -- for both the boldness of sitting the No. 3 pick in today's league that stresses quick results and for his transparency in communicating a long-term plan to the Jacksonville fanbase -- so I decided to look at past examples in history of first-round quarterbacks that sat out their entire rookie years (akin to a college redshirt). I wasn't surprised to find that there is no discernible evidence available that suggests a quarterback is better for sitting or starting immediately, but it was an interesting exercise.

 

A lot of people here know a lot more about the Jaguars than me, so please feel free to point out any inconsistencies (or flat-our inaccuracies).

 

http://badmanbureau.com/2014/06/02/blake...-redshirt/

The debate on whether or not a QB is helped out by sitting on the bench is a good one.  In my opinion you will find out quickly if the QB will be the franchise QB or not by starting him and letting him play (not to mention On the Job Training is vital for success) the reasons you would not do that is;

 

1.) Your Offensive Line is a mess with no healthy starters (that would be considered starters on other teams).

2.) In addition to the above you have no healthy starting WRs or catching threats like TEs (ditto above).

3.) Your QB lacks the intelligence or skillset to learn the playbook and execute it properly.


If more than one out of the 3 above exists (and if you took the qb #3 overall) you probably dont want to start him because it'll make you as the GM and / or HC look bad when he fails (even if its not totally his fault).


 

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