The news was greeted with jeers and jokes, but the Green Bay Packers signing quarterback Blake Bortles actually makes all kinds of sense.
First off is his link to offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, who helped guide Bortles and the Jacksonville Jaguars to within a whisker of a Super Bowl appearance in 2017 as the play caller. No one got more out of Bortles than Hackett.
Second is the Packers needed another quarterback and given the uncertainty around Aaron Rodgers’ future with a team, a veteran arm made a lot more sense if Jordan Love became the new starting quarterback.