Quote:Hell, Bortles wasn't a top 5 pick but we took him. I'm just saying I feel like people are living in a fantasy world that somehow Bortles can be fixed. A guy who says he's not a natural thrower of the football, had more pick sixes than wins and can be salvaged. I'm not throwing out names but that's because I think you could upgrade from him fairly easily with any of these first round prospects. Yes, Watson, Trubisky and Kizer. 

As rookies I don't think any of them are ready to go out of the box and they won't be better than Bortles. I just think you're falling for the same trap we keep falling into every few years. Our QB situation is bad and instead of building a team first and drafting a real franchise QB when one comes up, you get too eager and reach for anyone to replace who we have back there now. 

 

Not saying Bortles can be fixed but we have seen that bad QBs with stud defenses or game manager qbs with defense and running games can win divisions and playoff games. 

 

Can you imagine if we had Ngokue one side and Allen or Barnett on the other side, maybe move DFJ to OLB? I think our secondary is legit a top 5-7 unit. If we get our front 7 set, there is nothing preventing us from winning the division and drafting the RIGHT qb later on. 

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