Barring injury, Blake Bortles has probably played his last down for the Jacksonville Jaguars as the starting quarterback. Head coach Doug Marrone announced on Monday that Cody Kessler would be the starting quarterback against the Indianapolis Colts and I’d have to think that outside of a Nathan Peterman level performance, Kessler will likely be the Jaguars starting quarterback for the remainder of the season.
That means that Bortles’ Jaguars career would effectively be over and done with.
With the team making the move now to bench Bortles, for the second time this season, as the actual starter it means they no longer view him as a long term viable option at the position, regardless of the contract or cap hit that he has.