Certain topics spike interest. In the NFL, there's nothing better than a great quarterback controversy. The Jacksonville Jaguars chose Blaine Gabbert with the 10th pick of the NFL Draft in April which put the timer on David Garrard as to how long he has left in Jacksonville.

The Jaguars are no strangers to quarterback controversy. In 2007, David Garrard replaced former first round pick Byron Leftwich as the team's starter only nine days before the start of the regular season.

Jack Del Rio professed up until that point that Leftwich was the team's starting quarterback. After Leftwich was released, Garrard went on to have a career year throwing 18 touchdowns and three interceptions while leading the Jaguars to a wild card win against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In 2008 and 2009, Garrard had much more pedestrian outings even after receiving a $60 million dollar contract. In 2010 however, Garrard had a great statistical season throwing 23 touchdowns and 15 interceptions for 2,734 yards and a 90.8 quarterback rating under the 158.3 point scale. He also ran in five touchdowns.

Garrard tore a tendon in his throwing hand and was unable to play the final game of the season against the Houston Texans and had off-season surgery on his hand.

This year's quarterback story line is not even close to the same as the Leftwich and Garrard drama.

Blaine Gabbert was selected No. 10 overall to be the Jaguars quarterback of the future. Until he is a better quarterback in the eyes of the coaches, and until Del Rio, Dirk Koetter or Gene Smith hold a press conference stating a change at the position, David Garrard will continue to be the starting quarterback.

That is the way it should be.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are one of the most transparent organizations in all of sports. They bend over backwards for their fans, not because they have to, but because they want to and because they care.

When Blaine Gabbert holds a press conference defending David Garrard and says that he as a rookie has a lot to learn, and that Garrard is a great quarterback as well as the starting quarterback, it means something.

When Dirk Koetter, Jack Del Rio, Gene Smith, Maurice Jones-Drew and Marcedes Lewis acknowledge that Garrard will likely be the starter it means even more.

Of course coaches and personnel acknowledge the open competition. Competition is healthy and it drives competitors. However, no one should expect that Blaine Gabbert will actually win the starting job before the regular season begins, even if he is a very promising talent.

Indeed, Blaine Gabbert has shown many things in camp that make people sit and go, wow! He's also done some things that show he's not quite ready yet. It's fair to say he would be farther along in his development if it were not for the NFL lockout this summer. He would have had mini-camps and OTAs with the team as well as time in the class room and the ability to digest the playbook. As of now though, there doesn't seem to be much of a real controversy.

I think the term controversy has a bad connotation. Each of the teams' quarterbacks have been humble and very welcoming towards each other. Garrard even let Gabbert borrow a Mercedes during his stay in Jacksonville in early June. They have all worked closely to help each other. Garrard more or less said in a press conferences that as a father and a Christian, it's the only way.

Coaches have said the quarterback meeting room is a healthy place. The real quarterback competition is going to take place on the field starting Thursday night against the New England Patriots.

When Gabbert is ready to take over as the starter, he will. If he can learn an entire offense in one month and a half, process it and turn that processed information into the highest level performance on the team after the preseason has concluded, then Blaine Gabbert should start at the beginning of the season. 

If not, he should continue to back up David Garrard. Gabbert should start when he gives the Jacksonville Jaguars the best chance to win and not a moment before.