Really, it's a self fulfilling prophecy. People who are for sitting him will cite Gabbert's failure as due to his early game action. Anti - sitters will say he's a bad player. Honestly, it doesn't really matter. If Bortles turns into an All-Pro, no one will care for how long he did or didn't start. Likewise if he turns into Gabbert.

 

I will say that his vast and rapid improvement has me thinking that he could start sooner rather than later, but I also would rather have one season of no Bortles + 15 seasons of All-Pro, than Bortles-who-hasn't-fully-reached-his-potential for that span of time.

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