Jesse Reed
Jacksonville Jaguars: Blake Bortles and Chad Henne = turnover machine
What the Jaguars have done in free agency and the draft the past couple of years is pretty remarkable. They really do have a complete team.
Well, let me take that back. If you eliminate the quarterback, they have a complete team.
Bortles has already been put on notice — keep throwing interceptions and you’re out. That’s great. The Jags should have a firm line on that. But the issue is that if Bortles ends up getting pulled, Jacksonville’s backup plan isn’t exactly peachy keen when it comes to turnovers, either.
Chad Henne, in 65 career games, 53 of which he started, has thrown 63 interceptions and 58 touchdowns. For comparison’s sake, Bortles, in 46 career games, has thrown 51 interceptions and 69 touchdowns (many of which came during garbage time when his team was already beaten).
So, between these two quarterbacks, we’re looking at 114 interceptions in 111 games.
Yikes.
