(11-19-2019, 01:44 PM)Kane Wrote:

(11-19-2019, 10:03 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: A little info and perspective on this: 

The Jags can simply keep Foles in 2020 whether he's the starter or the back up and then use the two-year out clause in his contract saving around 43 mil on his contract total.  

The assumption that he has no trade value is premature. He's going to play a few more games and still has time to get something good on tape.  If he can manage to do that and a team finds itself desperate with an injured starting QB next season - he could still be traded. It's not all that far fetched. Every year 3 or 4 starting QBs get hurt before the trade deadline.  

I also think it's probably not wise to assume Foles first game back from a broken collarbone is his ceiling for the remainder of the season. 

Just my attempt at a level-headed stance on this situation.  Flame away.

Foles would be a pricey back up, but Matt Flynn was once a pricey backup for Wilson, so it happens and is possible.
My stance on the trade thing is that a lot of teams are set at QB. The ones that aren't have some solid choices in the coming draft. In addition a guy on Foles level can be had in FA for cheaper than his contract, I think, plus a guy like Cam may be available.
But in the injury scenario you state, it becomes more plausible.

I also don't think Foles first game back, which wasn't good but wasn't exactly terrible either, is all he has to show. A little rusty could be to explain for his off target passes and forcing to Chark a bit.
If it is more of the same vs the tacks and and especially the Bucs (who have a bad defense by all accounts) then perhaps the hand wringing will be a bit more warranted. (Though I'm still not sure fans will get what they want in way of Minshew back in the starting lineup)

I'm not the least bit concerned about Foles being a pricey backup for one season if that's indeed how it works out. 
It will mean we hit really well on a 6th round QB. I'll happily accept that consequence in return. 

People complain all the time that the F.O. doesn't do enough to address the position. They want contingencies. 
Well, this is simply the result of a contingency potentially turning into a viable starter.

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