Blaine Gabbert hasn’t been with the Jaguars since 2013, the last of three tumultuous years the quarterback spent in Jacksonville after he was the 10th overall pick – and hoped-for savior of the franchise – in 2011.
He will get to play against the Jaguars Sunday for the first time since he was traded to the 49ers in 2014, a game that, yes, still means something to the Cardinals’ current starting quarterback.
“I mean, yeah,” Gabbert said Wednesday. “That was the team that drafted me. Things didn’t work out for me there, but looking back on it, hindsight is always 20/20.