Quote:If he keeps playing the way he's playing I think everyone will be fine with him sitting the first few weeks.  I'm just arguing the whole "sit him all year and let him learn" approach.  As cool as Shad is as an owner, I'm pretty sure he's not good with seeing tarps in the upper deck on his $800M investment.  The fans do matter in that regard and so does the media from a recognition perspective.  Henne has been in the league for 7 years and he is what he is.  So we can be 6-10 in the same boat we're in now or 6-10 with an energized fan base showing up to see what could be in the future

 

I really hope that fan pressure or the need to please the national media have nothing to do with the decision to start Bortles,

 

The reality, as you say might be different.

 

We'll just have to trust that Gus and the team know what they are doing and that they have the courage to resist the "must win now" brigade.

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