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Why 2018 Isn’t Blake Bortles’ Last Season in Jacksonville

The Jacksonville Jaguars went all in on quarterback Blake Bortles after returning to the playoffs for the first time in a decade last season.

Tom Brady, arguably the greatest quarterback of all-time, denied the Jaguars a first-ever trip to the Super Bowl with the New England Patriots’ comeback, 24-20, victory in the AFC Championship Game. It was Jacksonville’s first AFC title game appearance since the 1999 season.

Bortles, who was effective in 2017 essentially operating as a game manager, was given a two-year, $34.497 million extension (worth up to another $12.5 million through salary escalators and incentives) with $26.5 million fully guaranteed. He was scheduled make $19.053 million in 2018 on a fifth-year option prior to the new deal. The base value of Bortles’ three-year contract is $54 million where he can make as much as $66.5 million.

The decision is coming back to haunt the Jaguars, whose nucleus from an AFC South championship squad remains largely intact.

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Battered Jacksonville Jaguars Needed to Make Carlos Hyde Trade

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ injury report dictated something had to happen.

Leonard Fournette’s hamstring hasn’t been getting any better. No one knows how long it will take to heal. Third-string running back Corey Grant was on injured reserve along with the team’s top two left tackles (Cam Robinson and Josh Wells) and starting tight end Austin Seferien-Jenkins. They had to put tight end Niles Paul on injured. When Marqise Lee went down with a knee injury in the preseason, Blake Bortles was without his top three receivers from a year ago.

So, Friday’s Carlos Hyde trade made total sense.

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