Blake Bortles Fantasy
- Height / Weight
- 6'5" / 236 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- April 28, 1992 (31)
- Experience
- 9th Season
- Drafted
- 2014 / Rd. 1 / Pk. 3 (JAX)
- College
- Central Florida
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Blake Bortles News
Free-agent quarterback Blake Bortles has decided to retire from football. The former first-round pick played six seasons in the NFL, primarily for the Jaguars. He spent five years in Jacksonville as their starter, leading the team to the conference finals in 2017, which was their last playoff berth. The 30-year-old spent one season as a backup quarterback for the Rams in 2019 before remaining a free agent for the past two seasons. He reportedly decided to step away from the game several months ago but made it official on the Pardon My Take podcast recently.
The New Orleans Saints released quarterback Blake Bortles on Tuesday after he asked to be released following the signing of Andy Dalton, according to a league source. Bortles, 29, has 73 NFL starts and 103 touchdowns on his resume and is looking for a better opportunity to be a backup signal-caller. He hasn't started an NFL game since his final season with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2018, and he hasn't even stepped foot on the field in an NFL game since 2019 with the Los Angeles Rams. Bortles will continue to make the rounds in hopes of landing a backup job somewhere else. He was originally a first-rounder for the Jaguars in 2014 out of Central Florida, and he spent his first five NFL seasons in Jacksonville.
Veteran quarterback Blake Bortles has signed a deal with the New Orleans Saints, making him the backup quarterback for Monday's game against Miami. The New Orleans quarterback room was thrown into flux earlier in the week when Taysom Hill and Trevor Siemian landed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, which has paved the way for Ian Book to not only make his first NFL start, but log his first professional snaps. While Book enjoyed success during his time at Notre Dame, he is an enormously risky fantasy asset, especially against a Dolphins defense that has begun to find its groove. Bortles has not seen in-game action since 2019 when he made three appearances with the Rams. A starter for five seasons with Jacksonville, Bortles brings experience to the sidelines in the case that the Saints need to pivot away from their rookie signal caller in a pivotal game.
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