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Jaguars Have Signed Bortles to a Contract Extension


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3 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

He did pretty well in the playoffs against PIT and NE.

Exactly.

 

Lots of folks are crapping on this move, but what choice did Jax have?  Bortles salary was fully GTD next season with a $19M cap hit.  An extension was the only way to reduce that hit. They weren't signing Cousins in FA with Bortles eating $19M on the cap.  

 

Now, they can draft a backup in round 2 or 3, have him semi-compete with Bortles over the next 2 years, and go from there.  

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11 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

He did pretty well in the playoffs against PIT and NE.

 

They had no choice with the guarantee on his salary next season and they did a good job at getting his cap hit down to $10 million. Personally I am glad he isn't our problem...

8 minutes ago, jmc12290 said:

Exactly.

 

Lots of folks are crapping on this move, but what choice did Jax have?  Bortles salary was fully GTD next season with a $19M cap hit.  An extension was the only way to reduce that hit. They weren't signing Cousins in FA with Bortles eating $19M on the cap.  

 

Now, they can draft a backup in round 2 or 3, have him semi-compete with Bortles over the next 2 years, and go from there.  

 

You are correct, they didn't have a ton of options with regards to where they are now - still doesn't change the fact that he honestly is a not that good of a QB....

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16 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

 

The Jags are strapped, cap-wise.  There wasn't much they could do without sacrificing others on the team.

 

The unfortunate part of all this is that this talented team will go to waste.  Much like the the Ravens teams of yesteryear that couldn't find a QB to lead them.  

 

It's a shame.

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1 minute ago, Chicken Boo said:

 

The Jags are strapped, cap-wise.  There wasn't much they could do without sacrificing others on the team.

 

The unfortunate part of all this is that this talented team will go to waste.  Much like the the Ravens teams of yesteryear that couldn't find a QB to lead them.  

 

It's a shame.

 

The have two Super Bowl rings so I'm not sure what point you're making. 

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1 hour ago, BuffaloBill said:

Good one less team on the hunt for a QB.  The guy looked plain awful against the Bills.

 

...thought I read that the deal is actually pretty team friendly....

 

The money Bortles is receiving is equal to that performance -- good, but not great. The new deal's $26.5 million guaranteed sounds like a lot individually, but when compared with recent signings ($60.5 million guaranteed for Matthew Stafford, $54 million for Aaron Rodgers, $48.7 million for Jimmy Garoppolo), it's not a massive sum. We can take that a step further when we look at average quarterback salaries, with Bortles landing alongside Philip Rivers, Cam Newton, Matt Ryan, Tom Brady and -- here's the clincher -- Ryan Tannehill in the $18-$20 million-per-year range.

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On ‎2‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 6:54 PM, Happy Gilmore said:

 

That is quite possible.  Cousins is an upgrade over Bortles, but still not worth $25-30M/year in my opinion.

If Bortles is worth 22.5 mill avg then Cousins is worth 25 to 27 mill easy.

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8 hours ago, cba fan said:

If Bortles is worth 22.5 mill avg then Cousins is worth 25 to 27 mill easy.

 

Can't argue this.  But I don't think Bortles is worth 22.5M/yr, either.  He's another middle of the road QB that is over valued.

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On ‎2‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 8:07 PM, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

The Seahawks had Wilson on the cheap as a 3rd round pick that allowed them to keep key players around. 

 

 

And the Seahawks have Wilson...period. This is nothing like the Jags situation. 

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