Quote:No. Did everyone have hopes for Byron? No. Clearly there were those rooting against him, despite the fact he was a Jag, from Day 1.

If that is so, I have to believe that is a miniscule and insignificant number of people. If you think I'm one of those, just because I'm pretty vocal negative on Bortles now, you'd be dead wrong. There is a difference between coming to the strong opinion/realization we have the wrong guy at the most key spot and wanting to move forward for the good of the team, versus "rooting against" someone from day 1. What would be the purpose of a true Jags fan (pre day 1 in my case) rooting against their qb? Though, full disclosure, I had serious doubts about both of those qb's from day 1, while I still bought and own jerseys that bear each of their names. I cheered hard for them at games, etc., hoping my doubts were unfounded as I only want what's good for the Jags. Right now my fears all along about Bortles are resoundingly proving out true, unfortunately, and my strong opinion is that we'd better prepare to move on, lest we just suck for more years to come. Btw, for what it's worth, at least Byron (crazy long wind up and all, and erratic) could routinely throw an NFL elite caliber ball -- on a rope, with a tight spiral, into a tight space, a hell of a lot better than Bortles ever could.

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