Quote:I don't think I know better than Dave or Gus.  But it seems like it's competition for every role except for QB.  I get why they don't want to start him.  I'm just not sure it's completely necessary.

 

He's bound to make some mistakes.  Andrew Luck threw 4 INT's in his last post-season game.  Peyton Manning only went two games in his first season without throwing an interception.  He threw 6 in his first 2 games, and 11 in his first 4.  

 

I just hope Gus hasn't ruled out starting Bortles at all this year (save for Henne getting injured).  I imagine most fans will start to get impatient when Henne has his first bad game.  I'd rather see Bortles take the job from Henne, than Henne loosing it.  Though Henne keeping the job no matter how good Bortles looks would be as bad.

It's gotta be the o-line. Once the action is live for 4 quarters we will see where we are at in terms of protection. They aren't going to put him out there behind a line in flux. They gotta get that sorted and that will take a couple games. So, the earliest I see him starting is wk 3. I really hope Bowanko can step up. (Caldwell is doing an awesome job, btw; imagine if we had landed Mack.)

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