Quote:Point is, caldwell said a few weeks back that they thought there was a chance he could play this year..... Why on earth didnt they bring in more vets to play around him?

They tried.   Two got hurt. Two others took more money or better teams over Dave's offer. 

 Since January 2012 - they've said at least 100 times that they'd build through the draft.  This is the hard part of taking that approach. Waiting for youth to mature.

Yeah, it's hard to stomach at times, but I'm excited about watching the Robinsons, Linder, Bortles, Hurns, Ryan Davis, Abry Jones,  Telvin Smith and others as they look to become longterm contributors. 

 

Besides --   If Bortles had been throwing to Emmanuel Sanders, Vincent Jackson, Reggie Wayne and Jerry Rice he'd still have the 10 picks right now.  He might have 2 more TDs  - but the INTs would still be something a rookie with his rawness would suffer through regardless of the receivers. 

 

He's making bad decisions, and older players around him doesn't fix that. 

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