(10-04-2020, 06:43 PM)hb1148 Wrote:

(10-04-2020, 06:35 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: I think it depends what you mean by "developing".  Most young QB's struggle with their decision-making on the field and their biggest area of development is in this area.  I don't see Minshew being deficient in this area.  He appears more polished in this aspect of his game than most young QB's.  I think most of his struggles are physical, and I don't know how much that is going to change or develop.  He is a fighter and an easy guy to cheer for (like Fitz and Tyrod Taylor), but he has no special physical traits that will allow him to become elite, imo.

True but neither are Tom Brady or Drew Brees particularly gifted physically. I'll be interested to see how he ultimately fits into the team's future. A new regime is likely going to want to being in their own QB.

(10-04-2020, 06:44 PM)MoJagFan Wrote:

(10-04-2020, 06:38 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: If Minshew plays the next game like he has the last two, I think that officially designates him as NOT the man. A franchise QB needs to roll with the good and the bad of a team. Look what raw rookie Burrow is doing with a team with an O line of turnstiles. Minshew only deserves so many chances to get his stuff in one sock. If he can't do that in 3 games, then maybe it's time to hand him the clipboard and give Luton a shot..

Burrow had all day to throw.  Some of his misses were where he had wide open people underneath. This defense isn't really a NFL defense and has what maybe 3 people that could start on other teams. 

We still need a TE, we really need upgrades at every offensive line position. Caldwell is only good at stock piling picks. Our promising RB is undrafted. This is another historically poor team after years of historically poor teams. Everyone we have played has upside on their rosters.

But look what Burrow did in his previous games when he didn't have all day to throw. Although they lost/tied, he made it competitive even though he was taking some nasty licks like the one Malik Jackson put on him. Which leads me to the theory I arrived at today of why Minshew is not franchise: he doesn't have the physical courage.
Last week's game was a little puzzling but I dismissed it as an off game because he had so little time to prepare. Today, with a mini by week to rest and prepare, he looked almost the same. Yet Burrow, who has taken plenty of punishment in 4 weeks, stands in the pocket and fires like true franchise QBs do while Minshew sees phantoms and scrambles if given the chance.

Minshew doesn't have the fortitude and the courage to handle the physical violence sometimes visited on a QB. Whether he's afraid of the pain, risk of injury, or the anxiety of blind hits, he's clearly uncomfortable playing where he needs to be in order to achieve franchise status, and that's in pocket.

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