The Facts: Where do the Jaguars currently stand with Bortles? ESPN 690 Jacksonville asked Jaguars executive vice president Tom Coughlin that question Wednesday. “Blake is the quarterback of the Jacksonville Jaguars right now,” Coughlin told the radio station.

Diehards Line: Coughlin is not wrong. Bortles remains the quarterback of the team today. But it’s not exactly a vote of confidence for Bortles. ... Remember, Bortles said before the Jaguars’ final game that he doesn’t expect to return to Jacksonville. The Jaguars will pay a huge price for Bortles this season, whether he is on the roster or not. He has a $20.8 million salary cap hit this season. If they decide to move on from Bortles, the Jaguars likely would make him a post-June 1 cut. The Jaguars quarterback then would count $11.5 million in dead money this season and $9.3 million in 2020.