Quote:Gus has stuck to his "Henne is the starter" but nobody is buying it.


Jeff Saturday and the rest of the talking heads are asking how do you keep Bortles on the bench with the performance he is having this preseason.


Henne surely won't be cut but Bortles is forcing their hand.


A lights out game against Detroit, will all but shut the door on the coach's original plan.


Bortles is showing them he doesn't need to sit. At this point, he is our best chance of winning and that is what it will come down to.

 

If Henne surely won't be cut, then this is nothing at all like 2007.

 

Bortles had exactly three snaps with the ones on Monday in 11 on 11 (full O vs full D.)  Only a handful more with ones in other drills.

 

I wouldn't worry about that.  They are re-evaluating their plan, but make no mistake about it... his time was extremely short with the ones.

 

His play this week may increase his time with the ones next week, but he's not winning the job this week.

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