With COVID-19 threat, LA Rams must sign free agency QB ASAP

But bring back Blake Bortles

Still, with all that flash and brilliance, there is just as much to be said about the familiar and comfortability of re-signing a player the team knows intimately, and more importantly, knows the team intimately.  Despite the addition of offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell, the LA Rams offense is still based on the offensive genius of head coach Sean McVay.  And no free-agent quarterback knows the LA Rams offense better than Blake Bortles.

So why did the team part ways with Bortles?  Well, the team parted ways with many 2019 contributors, and eventually found ways to bring them back to the roster.  Look no further than Andrew Whitworth, Austin Blythe, Michael Brockers, Morgan Fox, Johnny Mundt, and Coleman Shelton for examples of players who the team parted way, and yet re-signed them.  Blake Bortles returning to the Rams for one more season makes as much, if not more, sense.

A specific time for a specific role

Clearly, the Rams felt the need to develop the quarterbacks of the future for the team. While that can still be the case, there is not much room for a young rookie quarterback to develop when the game is coming at them at supersonic speed. Signing back Bortles simply adds one more veteran voice to the quarterback room, gives the young quarterbacks a chance to learn and digest at a more comfortable pace, and ask questions to a player who has been in the NFL for more seasons than any other quarterback.

Bortles may not guarantee as many wins as a Cam Newton, but he will most certainly arrive at an affordable price, and will likely help develop the Rams young quarterbacks at a faster pace. But most importantly, adding Bortles ensures that even if Wolford wins the backup quarterback role this season, the Rams will continue to have sufficient depth to develop young arms for their chance to start in the future.