Quote:Bortles is mostly a guess at this point. I'd rate him #1 based on what I've seen so far, but that's just a very uncertain projection.


 

Bortles


Brunell


Garrard


Leftwich


Gray


Henne


Gabbert


 

Garrard had the best single season thus far in 2007, but other than that one year he was nothing special.

 

Garrard had a good number of wins in 2007, and a decent statistical season in terms of % and yards, but he didn't break Brunell's team record of 20 touchdowns until 2010.  And he never broke Brunell's team record of yards.

And 2007 is a huge outlier because he opened that season with a huge bomb that a 7th round draft pick dived and caught for a touchdown.  The pass was a fluke; it was not a good pass because the receiver had to faceplant to get it.  Yet that made everyone play Garrard with deep safeties the rest of the year and he was able to pick defenses apart underneath and beat them with scrambles for the next 16 games. 

From 2008 on, all bets were off and teams started playing Garrard with more 8 in the box and he never really did crack that code to produce even one more winning season. 

Brunell and Bortles are the only QBs that have ever suited up for the Jaguars and shown an ability to consistently win over the top even when pressured.  Bortles certainly could improve his accuracy going deep and his accuracy under pressure, but he has shown more in both areas than Garrard did.  Garrard was the king of the floater and had a stronger instinct to run when pressured rather than step up or to the side.

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