When the Jacksonville Jaguars made Blake Bortles the third overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft they had hoped he could sit and learn and be brought on slowly. His big arm and prototypical size had everyone thinking Ben Roethlisberger immediately, but he certainly wasn’t going to be taking the Jags to the playoffs in year one.
Instead of waiting to play, the Jags forced Bortles into action, replacing an inept Chad Henne in his rookie season. The play was poor, but he was a rookie, right?
Then 2015 rolled around and all of the flash Bortles displayed in his rookie season seemed to come to the surface.