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What, you think Blake Bortles earned complete job security by having a Tim Tebow game against the Steelers in the playoffs?

What, you think Tom Coughlin and Doug Marrone are too "old-school" for the scrambling, freewheelin' Lamar Jackson?

All Bortles earned with his (admittedly impressive) playoff run was the $19 million option year in his rookie contract. And Coughlin goes back so far that he's in front of NFL groupthink. He knows value when he sees it, and a quarterback of Jackson's abilities is an incredible value with the 29th pick in the draft.

As for Marrone, he nearly took the Jaguars to the Super Bowl by letting Bortles scramble at the first sign of trouble. If Bortles regresses or flakes, Marrone can insert Jackson, let him run for glory if the first read isn't open and let Leonard Fournette and the defense take care of the details. It will be easy for Jackson to improve his loosey-goosey footwork and fine-tune his decision-making on the job when a dozen completions per game should be sufficient to win the division.

Not buying Jackson to the Jaguars with this selection? Fine. But teams may start jockeying to trade up for him if he's still on the board late in the first round. The Broncos won't wait to see if he's available on Day 2 if they passed on a quarterback earlier. Teams like the Ravens and Dolphins who may be seeking a quick quarterback pivot in 2019 will also be tempted to move up.

But Jackson is essentially a more talented Bortles who didn't spend three NFL seasons reinforcing his own mistakes. If the Jaguars don't see his value as a developmental project, some other team will.