(11-05-2019, 11:51 PM)Jags02 Wrote:

(11-05-2019, 08:02 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: He was brought in to be the starter. Correct. So why did the Seahawks start a rookie in Russel Wilson instead of Matt Flynn who they paid to be the starter?

Sometimes your plans change. This move is 100% to save the coaches jobs and it’s pretty obvious. Marrone can’t afford to have rookie games like the one Minshew had EVEN if those bad rookie games will help Minshew in the future.

Two huge differences...

1. Wilson was a 3rd round pick... not a 6th round pick.

2. Flynn was paid a minimal veteran contract worth $870,000. Foles is being paid $88 mil including $50 mil guaranteed.

Well you're wrong on point number two so you're off to a good start.

Regarding your first point, both Wilson and Minshew were brought in to be backups with the hope of turning into something better. You mean to tell me you think the Seahawks drafted Wilson in round 3 to be the starter? Nope.

Carroll has never and will never coach scared. He didn't care that they gave Matt Flynn a 26 million dollar contract (Not 870K) to be the starter.

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(11-06-2019, 07:43 AM)Jags02 Wrote:

(11-05-2019, 11:56 PM)Eric1 Wrote: No, Flynn was making a hell of a lot more than that..

"The Seahawks reached agreement Sunday with [font=Georgia,]Matt Flynn on a three-year deal, bringing one of the most wanted -- yet unproven -- free agents to the Pacific Northwest to try and solidify Seattle's QB position.[/font]

The contract is worth $26 million with $10 million guaranteed, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter."

Seahawks ended up paying him $14.5m in total for basically nothing.

Oops... my bad.

I checked out Spotrac, but I see now they're only going back to 2015 where Flynn signed with the Seahawks back in 2012.

It's still hardly the same thing tho.

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(11-06-2019, 12:24 AM)TJBender Wrote: I completely agree with this take. If Marrone isn't coaching for his job, Minshew is taking the snaps.

I highly doubt this. Don't see at all.

Foles is the right decision at this point, and nothing about Marrone suggests a guy that would make a totally different call just because he's worried about getting fired. Moreover, this is not just about winning now, but also about looking at our future because the Jaguars must know precisely who they have with their $88 million investment. They know precisely what they have with Minshew. 

Which is what exactly? What do they know they have in Minshew?

I knew Marrone would go back to Foles because he has consistently played every single scenario safe or scared.

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