Marqise Lee: Bortles has 'no choice' but to lead Jaguars to Super Bowl

During an incredible run to the AFC Championship Game last season, the Jacksonville Jaguars showed they have what it takes to be Super Bowl contenders for the foreseeable future.

With one of the league's best defenses and the top-ranked rushing attack, many point to quarterback Blake Bortles as the only thing holding the team back from hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.

When asked Friday if Bortles was the man to lead the Jaguars to the Super Bowl, receiver Marqise Lee offered a very blunt answer.

"He ain't got no choice," Lee said with a smile on NFL Network's "NFL Total Access." "He understands, as far as his last two years, how important it is for him to get his game up and get us going. That's the reason why we were going this year and that's the reason why we made it that far. He didn't have a turnover in the playoffs."

Lee and Bortles both entered the NFL with the Jaguars after being selected in the 2014 draft. The former USC star said the change in Bortles over their four-year careers has been noticeable.

"In my first two years, in the huddle, we'd get into some situations and you see, 'OK, Blake ain't speaking up right now, Blake is chillin,'" Lee said. "In the last two years, all right, Blake is in the huddle, come on, let's get it. We down two touchdowns, we about to go down there and score. You saw that confidence right there, and that helped me."

Lee led the team in catches last year with 56 and will be counted on even more after Allen Hurns' offseason departure to the Dallas Cowboys. Should Bortles continue his improved play, it wouldn't be shocking to see the Jaguars battling for the Super Bowl next February.