Where Blake Bortles' new salary puts him among QBs

Blake Bortles will put a $10-million dent into the Jacksonville Jaguars' salary cap next season, and at the moment, that's the 18th-largest figure for a quarterback.

The four-year pro, formerly labeled a draft bust, signed a new three-year contract with the Jags on Saturday, doing away with the $19-million team option Jacksonville held on him for 2018.

It was reported Sunday that Bortles' new contract brings his 2018 salary down from slightly over $19 million to $10 million.

His new deal, and subsequent cap hit in 2019, will put Bortles in the same financial tier of quarterbacks as Tyrod Taylor and Andy Dalton, below the league's elites and above the up-and-comers still playing on rookie contracts:

(Cap figures courtesy: Over The Cap)

*Mike Glennon of the Chicago Bears currently ranks 19th with a $16-million cap hit but he's expected to be released in the coming weeks.

**Reported figure

The $18-million average annual price tag on the new extension for Bortles - arguably a game manager on his best day - will turn plenty of heads, though his numbers last season weren't much different than the signal-callers who will impact the cap similarly in 2018:

The Miami Dolphins' Ryan Tannehill, who missed all of last season with a knee injury, produced an indistinguishable stat line two years ago. He threw for 2,995 yards with 19 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in 13 appearances.

Bortles also ranked near Taylor and Dalton last year in quarterback rating, a stat that contains flaws but remains a relatively accurate measure of performance over the course of a season:

Tannehill was 12th in that category in 2016, registering a more noteworthy 93.5 quarterback rating when healthy.

Bortles may have hit the jackpot with his new $54-million deal, but if he's able to progress as a quarterback even moderately, his contract could, oddly, become quite valuable for the next three seasons.