(10-14-2019, 11:30 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(10-14-2019, 11:03 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Yeah, suggesting an 88 million dollar QB you brought in to be your starter won't play when he is healthy over a 6th round rookie shows football clearly ain't my thing.

Heed your own advice.

Nick Foles got his collarbone crushed 11 plays in due to the crappiness of this line.

Minshew has much better pocket presence and the ability to escape and evade pressure while keeping his eyes downfield.

Foles would die behind this line. He's a statue.

There's also the thing of bringing a guy back too soon from a broken collarbone.
Romo/Rodgers both come to mind.
Romo came back and immediately broke it again
Rodgers came back and looked like poo and then got shut down by the team, iirc.

Foles best chance to start again is next season, imo.

And if Minshew is average to good across the rest of this season the team just has to make a business decision and eat the costs.
If Minshew continues to look like a rookie, no reason not to bring Foles back next year and let Minshew develop.

Also, per the OL, I think our two issues are Norwell not playing anywhere near his contract and Taylor playing like a rookie.
The other spots are good I think. Taylor (should) get better as the season goes (and next) and Norwell (should) be gone after this season, maybe benched now.

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