I saw articles mentioning this on Twitter and it made some other fans of rookie QB's testy, lol. Some of their responses and them going back and forth with Minshew fans over this have been funny.

But he has been better than the other rookies in multiple areas and almost as good as them in other areas. And he had less starts than at least Kyler. Some things areas he's had better stats/performed in better than other rookies are:

A better passing rating than all of them. More passing TD's than Kyler, less turnovers than Daniel Jones, and other stats that have been listed in places. Someone in the Franchise QB thread mentioned some of the other stuff he's better at.

Granted some of the other Rookies QB's edge him on some things like Kyler has more rushing TD's. (Gardner doesn't have any) And Daniel Jones has more passing TD's. But Gardner has definitely held his own with the other QB's, including the first round ones and has performed better than them in some areas.

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