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Blake Bortles

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Jaguars benching Blake Bortles for Cody Kessler

The Jacksonville Jaguars are making some major changes after they lost their seventh consecutive game on Sunday, and one of them could be moving on from Blake Bortles for the rest of the season and beyond. On Monday, Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone …

15 biggest disappointments of NFL Week 12

Thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday, Week 12 of the NFL season was spread out a bit more, with three games on Thursday. It did nothing to dampen the action, however, with the playoff picture in both conferences generally growing more muddled and more …

Colt McCoy

10 NFL players who could make a big impact down the stretch

The 2018 NFL season is coming up on the final quarter stretch and in most cases, nothing is settled. Divisions are close, playoff races are tight, and injuries around the league have really begun to shake things up. It’s now make-or-break time …

15 biggest disappointments of NFL Week 11

Week 11 of the NFL season saw a major development in the NFC East thanks to an unfortunate injury, while a QB in Baltimore found success in his first start. The Steelers, Texans and Saints continue to win, while the Bucs and Jags continue to lose. …

Blake Bortles

Blake Bortles says he is ‘like the scapegoat’ for Jaguars

Blake Bortles has taken much of the blame for the Jacksonville Jaguars playing poorly over the past month, and the quarterback seems to believe the finger-pointing has gone too far. Michael Silver of NFL.com interviewed Bortles four days before he …

Blake Bortles

Report: Blake Bortles will retain starting QB job on ‘short leash’

Despite his benching during Sunday’s loss against the Houston Texans, the Jacksonville Jaguars are sticking with Blake Bortles at quarterback. Coach Doug Marrone announced Monday that Bortles will retain the starting job when the Jaguars face …

Blake Bortles

Jaguars players prefer to move on from Blake Bortles?

The Jacksonville Jaguars have one of the worst offenses in football, and that finally cost quarterback Blake Bortles his job in the second half of Sunday’s loss to the Houston Texans. But will he go back to starting in Week 8? It doesn’t …

Doug Marrone

Doug Marrone explains reason behind Blake Bortles benching

The increasingly desperate Jacksonville Jaguars benched quarterback Blake Bortles on Sunday, and Doug Marrone wasn’t mincing words when explaining it after the game. Marrone said he was looking for a spark when he benched Bortles in favor of …

Jaguars bench Blake Bortles in favor of Cody Kessler

The Jacksonville Jaguars have looked like one of the worst teams in football for the better part of a month, and head coach Doug Marrone finally decided on Sunday that he has seen enough from Blake Bortles. After Jacksonville’s first drive of …

10 NFL players who need a big turnaround

Through five week of the NFL season, we’re getting a much better sense of the contenders and teams that will be picking high in next year’s draft. Some players’ seasons have taken off, while others are struggling. For those in the …

Mason Crosby

15 biggest disappointments of NFL Week 5

While there were some exceptions, Week 5 was not a great one if you were a quarterback, or especially a kicker. There were a lot of notably underwhelming performances, including a handful of high-profile quarterbacks and a kicking nightmare in …

Blake Bortles

Blake Bortles has funny response to 2-point conversion question

Blake Bortles had a funny response to a question on Sunday about his Jacksonville Jaguars’ controversial 2-point conversion attempt. The Jaguars were up 19 on the New York Jets in the final minute of the game and decided to go for two, but …

15 biggest disappointments of NFL Week 3

Week 3 of the NFL was not kind to some favorites, as the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars headlined the list of surprising losers on Sunday. They were hardly the only surprises of the week, however, as there were certainly some surprising …

Blake Bortles

Jaguars’ GM says Blake Bortles is ‘not a place-holder’

The Jacksonville Jaguars are pushing back against the narrative that they’ve given Blake Bortles a new contract as a place-holder until they can come up with a better option. General manager Dave Caldwell said Wednesday that the Jaguars’ …

Jaguars finalizing 3-year contract extension with Blake Bortles

The Jacksonville Jaguars apparently are sticking with Blake Bortles as their quarterback of the immediate future. The Jags and Bortles are working on a 3-year, $54 million contract extension that includes $26.5 million guaranteed, according to …

Blake Bortles

Blake Bortles reportedly had wrist surgery

Blake Bortles underwent surgery on his wrist not long after his Jacksonville Jaguars were eliminated from the playoffs, according to a report. ESPN’s Adam Schefter shared the news on Monday night about Bortles, saying that the QB had been …

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