(11-19-2019, 10:51 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-19-2019, 10:43 AM)JagsFansince1995 Wrote: You know, we as fans understand we need line help, TE help and gameplanning help. You want to build around a QB who only played 8 games but instead of seeing if his flaws can be fixed with coaching, you'd rather leave it to chance.  The unknown is whether he will continue to develop or if it was all a flash in the pan.  We can build the team up around the QB position because thats what we should have been doing for the past 2 seasons.  Finding out if he is the right QB to lead the team tho, thats what we should be figuring out this year rn.  If Minshew isnt the guy and Foles isnt the guy, we need to have someone waiting to step up into that role.

The bolded is myth. 

He doesn't have to play a full season to figure this out. 

What, exactly, is it that you don't know about Minshew that you are so desperate to figure out? 

He's displayed his strengths, he's displayed his weaknesses. I don't see his weaknesses magically being fixed in the remaining games of this season especially when his specific weaknesses are compounded by inadequate protection and to a lesser degree,  a playbook that was built for another player. 

I guess I simply fall into the category of fearing that playing in these remaining games could easily trap Minshew into reinforcing some of the bad habits he's displayed opposed to methodically correcting them through film study and practice.

I would like to see if he can read the field consistenly when the Defense shuts down the scramble lanes.  He isnt Lamar or Deshaun and I don't want him relying on his running ability due to fear he will get hurt alot easier than those two if hit.  I also would like to see if he can keep up his level of play, and believe in his arm more, for more than half a season of games.  Even in the 8 games he played, He had 2 really really bad games so thats 6 good to decent games and 2 horrid ones.  I don't know if others pay attention to early success QBs falling of a cliff in yr 2 and so on but i don't want to bank on a QB who hasn't even had that full 16 game successful season as being a sure fire answer.  Maybe i just pay too much attention to QBs in the league and don't want to put all of my faith in a small body of work but i think i've shown that with my doubts for Foles.  Even a seasoned QB with a decent half season run of games isnt a Franchise QB to me.  As the saying goes tho, fans gonna fan.

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