When Blake Bortles earned a contract extension shortly after the Jacksonville Jaguars lost in the AFC Championship, there were a few emotions...
Fear.
Anger.
Hate.
Suffering.
I couldn’t wrap my head around it. Bortles, in his fourth year, was still making plays that were costing us winnable games. You can’t turn rewatch losses against the New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, or Tennessee Titans and think that with even average quarterback play those are double-digit victories.
And yet here we were — handing Blake three-year contract worth $54 million that locked him into the starter spot for the next two years.