It’s pretty amazing how different it feels the day of the first Jacksonville Jaguars preseason game in 2018 than it did a year ago. The focus of the first preseason game last offseason was centered around quarterback Blake Bortles, and not for good reasons. Bortles had an up and down training camp, including being benched mid-practice at one point at veteran backup Chad Henne getting some time with the first team.
All eyes were on Blake in an unwinnable situation.
This year? There’s no question. Bortles seems to have picked up where he left off in the playoffs last season, there’s a gap between he and backup Cody Kessler and no one seems worried.