(10-04-2020, 07:00 PM)JagFan81 Wrote:

(10-04-2020, 06:46 PM)iHaunting Raven Wrote: Imo Minshew could develop into a very good QB but how much time are we willing to give him? if we end up having a top 5 pick and a good QB is available I am sorry but I am taking him.

That's fair. As much as I want Minshew to succeed, if we are picking top 3 then it's likely we have a new HC and its who they want as their QB.

I do think people need to realize though, if we draft Lawrence, its at least 2 seasons of learning and growing pains.

What it isn't instant success?  Seriously Minshew isn't the problem. The front office has done nothing to sustain success.

Our backfield is a 6th rounder handing off to an undrafted running back. This team is depressingly underwhelming.

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(10-04-2020, 07:02 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

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

We can agree to disagree.  That is an unfair characterization.  We can chase the QB draft as rinse and repeat.  We are deficit across the board.

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