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re: How much better will the Jags be this year?
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:40 pm to boom roasted
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:40 pm to boom roasted
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They aren't going anywhere this season. It doesn't hurt them at all to let him sit and learn the offense.
This is such a flawed mentality.
What good would it do to bench him for Chad Henne and watch the offense sputter? At least let him get his feet wet. No NFL GM is sitting there going, "oh well, we aren't going anywhere, might as well let our first round QB sit on his arse all year so he can learn from the great Chad Henne!"
All these NFL teams are trying to win and win NOW. There's no time to sit and build a team over years and years --- people lose jobs for that now. It's win now mentality, and Bortles gives them the best chance to do that.
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Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:45 pm to EyeOfTheTiger311
Fair points, but the last time they threw a rookie QB into the deep end, he drowned.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 1:47 pm to EyeOfTheTiger311
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What good would it do to bench him for Chad Henne and watch the offense sputter?
The idea is that you don't want to put your young qb in a situation where he is set up to fail. They might want to get a little talent around him before just throwing him into the fire.
A more recent example of just throwing the rookie quarterback in day 1 was David Carr. He started in a offense with a horrible offensive line and he set records for most sacks given up probably years in a row if I remember correctly. Some say this ruined his confidence, and we will never know how he would have turned out if he hadn't been put in a situation to fail.
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