[OT-ish] Jacksonville Jaguars name QB Blake Bortles starter over Chad Henne
There was some talk that Chad Henne had won the open competition this offseason, and was going to be a Week 1 NFL starter.
The Jaguars have named Blake Bortles the starting quarterback. It's a surprising turnaround for a player whose... https://t.co/q3kVkbMXc7
— Michael DiRocco (@ESPNdirocco) August 26, 2017
August 26th, 2017 at 9:51 PM ^
August 26th, 2017 at 9:53 PM ^
This makes sense for only one reason. When Blake chokes and is taken out allowing for Chad to come in and take the starting job there won't be any controversy. Jaguars are doing this on purpose.
August 26th, 2017 at 9:53 PM ^
The talk is that the job was open. Whether that was real talk or just motivation, the word on the last game was that Henne was fine but unspectacular. Bortles was decent with the backups.
If the guys are anywhere close it makes sense for the Jags to give Bortles one last try, at this point. Once it's clear he's not the guy there's no reason to have him on the roster--Henne has a backup contract and skillset. If Bortles shows some growth this year, they can re-evaluate, or they can cut him loose.
It would've been nice, but "Jaguars starting QB" is as temporary of a job as you can find in the NFL right now anyway. Henne has a good job of getting put in after (or during) a bad Bortles game.
August 26th, 2017 at 9:57 PM ^
August 26th, 2017 at 10:17 PM ^
They're just trying to get the #1 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.
August 27th, 2017 at 12:01 AM ^
August 26th, 2017 at 11:07 PM ^
August 26th, 2017 at 11:17 PM ^
both are highly regarded by the scouts. Lamar Jackson has an outside shot of making up there.
August 27th, 2017 at 1:11 AM ^
Wilton Speight after he wins the Heisman.
August 26th, 2017 at 11:51 PM ^
August 27th, 2017 at 2:49 AM ^
What I wanna know is what is Blake Bortles' name after he reaches level 16 and evolves?
August 27th, 2017 at 3:20 AM ^
August 27th, 2017 at 8:27 AM ^
Someone threw out an interesting stat about Bortles the other day - he's thrown about 70 touchdown passes in his career so far, but only five of them have been thrown with the Jaguars actually in the lead.
Yeah, that's a promising statistic for your starting QB, even though there's something about the Jaguars as a team thrown into it.