The Facts: Bortles kept his job after five turnovers in a loss to the Chiefs two weeks ago. He kept his job after a turnover in a loss to the Cowboys last week. He might have lost his job after two turnovers in less than three full quarters in a loss to the Texans on Sunday. HC Doug Marrone said the position is “open” before adding “everything’s open” after the team’s third consecutive loss and fourth in five games.
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Bortles has “no idea” whether he will keep his starting job. He has started the past 67 games for Jacksonville, dating to Week Three of his rookie season. “I’ll do the same thing I’ve always done — show up, work, prepare and get ready to go and work as hard as I can,” Bortles told reporters afterward. “If I play, I play. If not, then I’ll do whatever I can to help this team.” Marrone yanked Bortles after the quarterback’s second lost fumble of the day, with the Jaguars trailing 20-0 early in the third quarter. Marrone said Bortles was “pissed” at being pulled. “We’ve lost three straight games, and we can’t stop shooting ourselves in the foot for lack of a better expression,” Marrone said. “We’ve got to do something, but the first thing we’ve got to do is stop turning the damn ball over. Period. That would be the positive of how we can build.”