We have a new entrant in the race for the top pick in the 2019 NFL Draft: The . A little history: The Jags have never had the first-overall selection, but they've had the No. 2 pick three times in their 29 seasons, the No. 3 pick twice and 14 times picked in the top 10. As it stands, the Jags have the seventh-overall selection, but given they way they lost to the on Sunday -- as well as their current six-game losing streak -- they could be among the league's worst teams by the time the season Allen Iverson Jersey ends. There's a familiar face at the center of the maelstrom: embattled quarterback , the 2014 third-overall pick who has already been benched once this season on the heels of . Worth noting: We were in favor of Bortles' extension based on the way he played against the in the AFC Championship Game. The 2017 season was his best year as a profe sional. And he saved his best for Foxborough, going 23 of 36 for 293 yards with a touchdown and no turnovers in the playoff lo s. In fact, Bortles didn't have a single interception in three postseason games. He also didn't have a pick against the Steelers last Sunday, probably because the coaching staff didn't trust him to do more than hand the ball off. And on the rare occasions Bortles was allowed to drop back, well, it was infuriating to watch. How does QB Blake Bortles not throw a quick slant to WR Donte Moncrief at the top of the screen? How does he take a sack to move out of field goal range up 16-6?This was his worst play Sunday. Phillip Heilman (@phillip_heilman) Convert there and the Jaguars get a first down, keep the clock moving, and worst case, settle for another field goal. Instead, Bortles inexplicably takes a sack, does it again on the next play, and Jacksonville punts. The Jags would run just seven more plays on the afternoon while the Steelers ran 22 of their own, scored 14 points and eked out the 20-16 victory."Blake has a lot of things he's got to improve on," offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett said, via . "He knows that. He needs to be able to take his shots when he can. He needs to keep protecting the ball, and that's always a fine line with a quarterback because you don't want to turn the ball over a bunch, but you still want to be aggre sive and take your shots. That's something that he just has to continue to develop."So where do the Jaguars go from here? There's no cheap, easy solution; if Bortles is released after June 1, that will leave $11.5 million in dead cap space in 2019, according to . That number falls to $5 million in 2020. But Jacksonville's window is already closing; is due a big pay day and the team is currently dead last in available cap space in 2019 ( ). , we have the Jags taking quarterback with eighth-overall pick. If the team doesn't trust Bortles to throw in today's pa s-happy Vlatko CanCar Jersey NFL, there really is no reason to keep him around. Now it's just a matter of sorting out their cap situation. Pick Current record SportsLine preseason projected draft order 1 San Francisco (2-8) 2 Arizona (2-8) 3 Oakland (2-8) 4 (3-7) 5 (3-7) 6 Buffalo (3-7) 7 Jacksonville (3-7) 8 Tampa Bay (3-7) 9 Cleveland (3-6-1) 10 Detroit (4-6) Giants 11 Atlanta (4-6) 12 Denver (4-6) 13 Philadelphia (4-6) 14 Green Bay (4-5-1) 15 Indianapolis (5-5) 16 Alex English Jersey Miami (5-5) 17 Oakland (via )* (5-5) 18 Tenne see (5-5) 19 Seattle (5-5) Michael Porter Jersey 20 Cincinnati (5-5) 21 Baltimore (5-5) 22 Minnesota (5-4-1) 23 Washington (6-4) 24 Houston (7-3) 25 Carolina (6-4) 26 Chicago (to Oakland)** (7-3) 27 Paul Millsap Jersey Los Angeles Chargers (7-3) 28 New England (7-3) 29 Pittsburgh (7-2-1) 30 New Orleans (to Green Bay) (9-1)*** 31 Kansas City (9-2) 32 (10-1) * Dallas sent its 2019 first-round pick to Oakland as part of the trade. ** Chicago sent its 2019 first-round pick to Oakland as part of the trade. *** New Orleans sent its 2019 first-round pick to Green Bay to draft in 2018. Jacksonville at Buffalo Blake Bortles isn't the only problem in Jacksonville, but he's the biggest. The defense dominated the Steelers for 45 minutes last week and jet the Jags found a way to blow a 16-point lead. And while Bortles didn't have any turnovers, the coaches were so afraid to let him throw a forward pa s -- it's 2018, for crying out loud! -- that the Jags' one-dimensional offense became a three-and-out machine and the Steelers capitalized. The Bills hung 41 points on the Jets in Week 10 and are fresh after their bye. Given how good these defenses are -- and how historically inept these offenses can be -- don't be surprised if a safety decides this game.