Jags give Bortles nod

The Jaguars brought Blake Bortles in on Sunday. (USATSI)

The Jaguars crowd roared. Can you blame them? Blake Bortles was finally under center.

After another middling half from Chad Henne, Gus Bradley and his staff finally made the move to plug the rookie Bortles in as the Jaguars quarterback.

Taken No. 3 overall, the Jags insisted throughout the offseason Bortles wouldn't play his rookie year. They kept it up despite an impressive preseason from Bortles.

Finally, after being outscored 30-0 by the Colts -- and 105-10 the past eight quarters -- enough was enough and Bortles was inserted into the game.

Bortles went on to finish 14/24 for 223 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in the team's 44-17 loss to the Colts. He found Cecil Shorts and Allen Hurns for the scores. And he did enough to earn the starting QB job moving forward.

Gus- "Bortles will start in San Diego" #jaguars #INDvsJAX

— J.P. Shadrick (@jpshadrick) September 21, 2014

But the play everybody will be talking about was this Marino Moment from the rookie:

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