Quote:I don't understand the mentality.

Matt Ryan was plugged into an Atlanta team with more holes then ours, with a record the prior year worse then ours, then ended up having a winning record and making the playoffs. Andy Dalton, Joe Flacco....you're telling me Bortles doesn't have the same prospects and abilities as those two?

You shouldn't be ok with a coaching staff purposefully not starting a better player. It's a sign of surrender. It sends a message that the staff is already giving up on the season. Remember what Vic said the dirty little secret of the league is; no team is dead set on Super Bowl every year, the goal is to win and get hot. If Bortles gives you a better chance to win, then you play him. End of story. If we make the playoffs great....if we don't we still have a better shot at winning.

This. So much this. If Bortles looked like Kaepernick did when he took his first nfl snaps, yeah, be slow with him, he needs the time. But Bortles looked more than ready to lead this team. There is no minor leagues to fix the small issues in his game that the coaches think he needs to work on. Practice can only do so much, he needs the reps of real game action.

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