(11-19-2019, 11:52 AM)JagsFansince1995 Wrote: (11-19-2019, 10:51 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: 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.
To the red: You aren't going to learn that from playing him this season. And teams were not shutting down scramble lanes - they were containing him laterally (or attempting to).
These are different concepts.
Learning to be more efficient from the pocket when contained will require more than just going out there and attempting it. It will require improved protection, a playbook with more options suited to Minshew's vision from the pocket and the appropriate quick read outlets, and it will require him being coached to process these reads faster. Do you think that stuff is happening over the remaining games of this season? I don't.
Re: running -
He really wasn't relying on his running ability nearly as much as he relied on his ability to extend plays outside the pocket (and passing.) Scrambling more or less is not a legitimate concern. He showed restraint in this element of the game by looking to throw many times when he could have taken off on foot.
"Believing in his arm"
He displayed tons of confidence in his ability to throw the ball into tough spaces both from the pocket and on the run.
This is not a concern. Not in the slightest.
