(03-11-2019, 11:42 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(03-11-2019, 11:18 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I'm indifferent. It was expected and the contract wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I'm a huge believer in drafting your franchise QB and I really like Haskins. Foles is a definite upgrade over Bortles, that's no doubt, but between Bortles' ill-advised extension and Foles' new contract, it costs us a very good interior pass rusher and a solid Free Safety to make this move and I hated losing two good, proven veteran players in our system.  In my estimation, we got better at QB, but we got worse on the interior D-Line and at Safety. It's kind of a wash in my eyes.

A reasoned and sensible take.

Though I know WHY they did it, the fact is signing Bortles to an extension was a mistake, especially when they could have achieved the same result more cheaply by simply picking up his 5th year option, and it bit the team this year.

I will say it is possible Jackson could have been cut even without the Bortles extension or the Foles contract.

I agree with O-LM too but Bullseye's comment is the truth threaded through the fabric of this. Had the 5th option been picked up, BB5 would be gone now with no $$ consequences. The FO gambled that he'd grow from 2017 but they lost as he regressed instead. And yeah, Malik Jackson was likely gone in any event.

It's time to get excited about 2019. Super Bowl? No, probably not. But, depending on who they surround Foles with and about 10,000 other factors, we are likely in for a decent ride this year and the next couple of years. Enjoy it.

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