Quote:So what if Allen isn't ready to play?  You just throw him into the fire?  We've already thrown our last two 'franchise quarterbacks' into the fire too early.  I'd rather they wait until training camp next year.  The guy looked in no way ready to play in the NFL in pre-season and I doubt he's gotten any meaningful reps in practice.  You don't risk screwing him up just because Bortles sucks.

You definitely have a good point, but I feel the reward outweighs the risk. A chance to see what we have in the rookie in real NFL game situations. Difficult to fully evaluate him playing with backups against backups in preseason. Personally, i would have low expectations for him, and I feel most jaguars fans would feel the same. If he shows he's not ready then fine, back to the bench and the developmental role, with a bit of real experience to learn from. If, on the small chance that he shows himself to be at least semi-capable, he will have played himself into the QB conversation for next year, and at least make the jags more comfortable about moving on from Henne as backup. If by some miracle he looks more than capable, happy days, we have our new QB. Worst case scenario: he's not ready, he goes back to the bench for more development. Even that situation could hopefully light a bit of fire under Bortles.

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