The decision to keep Blake Bortles and make him the centerpiece of this offense has been a curious one.
When Tom Coughlin was hired as the new Executive Vice President of Football Operations in early 2017, he had the means and the method to move on from Bortles. After all, his rookie contract was nearly up and it wasn’t nearly as detrimental to the cap situation here. You’ve got the fourth overall pick in a draft that boasted Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson. Why forge ahead with Bortles who was coming off an awful 2016 season that was the worst of any of his non-rookie seasons?