(02-11-2019, 05:35 PM)JagsFansince1995 Wrote:

(02-11-2019, 05:28 PM)TJBender Wrote: If Bortles is a top-15 QB, the NFL needs to seriously re-evaluate its QB rating formula

I want the 15 QBs that will be better than Blake once the elites retire.  ...

Active QBs that will undoubtedly play better than Bortles in the next couple of years:

Mahomes
Brees 
Rivers
Luck
Rodgers
Wilson
Goff
Ryan
Rothlisberger
Brady 
Watson
Mayfield
Cousins 
Wentz
Newton
Stafford
Trubisky
Winston (under Arians)
Darnold


QB's that have a high percentage chance of playing better than Bortles in the coming years:

Eli Manning 
Alex Smith (if he heals up)
Joe Flacco
Tannehill
Josh Allen
Josh Rosen
Dak Prescott
Mariota

Plus a whole slew of new QBs from the upcoming '19 and '20 drafts. 

I'm not even dealing with this "when the elites retire" business. They aren't retired and Blake's contract would end before they do anyway. Makes no difference in this discussion of where he lands in the grand scheme of things. He has to compete against them still.

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