Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Houston Texans: Keep Your Enemies Close – 5 Questions with Toro Times

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Oct 11, 2015; Tampa, FL, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback

Blake Bortles

(5) runs off the field at the end of the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 38-31. Mandatory Credit: Logan Bowles-USA TODAY Sports

5. If you could pick any player on the Jaguars to play for the Texans, who would it be?

"That is a really good question, because in all honesty I have been huge on the draft the Jags had this season. T.J. Yeldon is for real, I love A.J. Cann and Michael Bennett was a steal late. They also have some second-year players I love, like Allen Robinson, but the one guy I would want in Houston would be the guy they probably should have taken last year, Blake Bortles. The second-year quarterback is coming into his own and that 303 yard, four touchdown game was fun to watch (despite the loss). He has great upside and after watching Mallett and Hoyer fight over who could move the offense slower, I wish we had a guy like Bortles to push the ball downfield."

My take:

How much better would the Texans be with Bortles on their roster? Probably a lot better. The Texans have the pass rushers on defense to exploit a lead and they’ve been put in way too many difficult positions this season. I don’t think they are a quarterback away from being a dominant team, but Bortles would be a significant improvement on what they have now.

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