Quote:I disagree. This is essentially an expansion quality roster. Dave gutted what he inherited. The vets they kept were of a quality teams would leave unprotected in an expansion draft. The success experienced by the expansion Jaguars and Panthers was an anomaly, normally new franchises struggle for years. It takes more than two years to build a viable roster.

 

I understand the above is hard to accept and patience has worn thin, but the reality is fans must trust Dave and Gus. Embrace and enjoy the process, besides canceling your season tickets, what other choice do you have?

 

That assumes the expansion team can't find a franchise level QB.

 

If Bortles is Roethlisberger then this team could be headed to the playoffs very quickly.

 

The Jaguars hit gold with Brunell and that greatly accelerated the team's ascent while the Panthers spent like drunken sailors to have a short ascent followed by a long lasting descent as they didn't have the chance to sign so many free agents and failed to find a franchise QB for years.

 

I get the feeling the Jaguars will actually be truly competitive with good teams at the end of this season thanks to Bortles, unlike the false competitiveness of the Jaguars at the end of the 2013 season when they squeaked out a few wins against other bottom feeding teams.

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