The Jaguars ultimately made only one deal — shipping edge rusher Dante Fowler to the Rams — before the NFL’s trade deadline on Tuesday, but they may have been considering other scenarios, as well. Per Dan Graziano of ESPN.com, Jacksonville “poked around” the quarterback trade market but didn’t find an acceptable swap.
No signal-callers were traded prior to the deadline, and it’s not clear that any were truly available. Eli Manning had been linked to the Jaguars given Tom Coughlin‘s presence in Jacksonville, but earlier reports indicated the Jags were not interested in Manning, who theoretically could have blocked any deal with his no-trade clause. Other quarterbacks who may have been had include Tyrod Taylor, Sam Bradford, or Teddy Bridgewater.
The Jaguars already benched starting quarterback Blake Bortles earlier this year, inserting backup Cody Kessler in a Week 7 loss to the Texans. Bortles, whom Jacksonville extended earlier this year, ranks as a bottom-five quarterback in terms of passer rating, and three of the four signal-callers below him are rookies.
In the end, the Jaguars may have decided that the price of acquiring another quarterback simply wasn’t worth it, especially given the club’s record and postseason chances. Jacksonville is now 3-5 and sits in third place in the AFC South, while FiveThirtyEight.com gives the team just a 13% chance of earning a playoff berth.
you can have Winston for all i care!!!
“Oh, sheeeeeeeeit.”
-The Jaguars
would have traded Dak for a 1st or 2nd.
try a 4th or 5th
The Jags have are second to Minnesota in overall positional spending but didn’t make QB spending a priority. They will need to free up some dollars spent on the defense and find a replacement for Bortles who would be better as a backup guy.
Thats exactly right he is better suited to be a back up who can come in and when a few games in a pinch. They went crazy
Spending money on everything but a QB. They should of took a hint from us in Houston you can’t make it with sub par QB play
**win a few games
You can succeed with an average QB provided:
1) you have a strong defense
2) you have a bell cow RB
3) your QB has excellent ball security skills
Jags are currently lacking in all 3 areas.
Trent Dilfer if 2018
They have to much tied in at dt. Jackson 11m, Darius 12m, and Campbell 14m all play the dt.but they have Campbell playing defensive end instead.
Yahoo reports that Colin Kaepernik is still available.
Teams will keep that in mind if they need someone to guard the Gatorade.
You don’t pay for a qb but you go out and trade for Hyde? That’s just dumb