I'm not saying Bortles is a bust at this point. I'm rooting for the guy, and I think he has the tools to be great. But, at this point he hasn't done much to cement his status as a franchise player. IMO, if we have a top 2 pick, and we CANNOT trade down, I would strongly consider taking Mariota or Winston. Have one of those guys compete with Bortles, and let the best man win the job, and try to trade the other. If both guys show that they can be franchise QB's, you can make a profit in draft picks for the loser of the QB battle.

 

We shouldn't make the same mistake we made in 2004, where we passed on Big Ben, because we 'already had our franchise QB' in Leftwich. Back in those years, rookies were getting paid large salaries, and teams weren't able to make that kind of move for financial reasons. After the new CBA and rookie wage scale, its much more feasible to carry 2 top-of-the-draft QB's at once.

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