(10-07-2020, 12:24 PM)Kane Wrote: I think there are plenty of people that have jumped on the Minshew isn't the man bandwagon and have been putting a lot of the offense not scoring enough on him. Some of the criticism is warranted, he's responsible for like 2/3 of the sacks taken. But overall I think he's played well in about 10 Qs of football this season. He's not the kind of QB that can do it all and play well above the X's and O's. 

But that leads me to wonder, I'm not sure everyone has the same definition of "Franchise QB"... Is a franchise QB an elite level guy only? Like Rodgers, Mahomes, Wilson?
Or is a franchise QB one that is good enough to build a team around and win a lot of games and make playoff runs with?
If it is the former, I'd say two thirds of the league don't have a franchise guy and most years most teams won't.
If it is the latter I think Minshew can be a franchise QB.

I agree though, the jury is still out on Minshew. 12 games to go to answer the question of whether we should move forward with him. And I believe if it is still up in the air or we're unsure we should absolutely move on. But I don't think we as a fan base should be totally giving up on him because he isn't Mahomes or Rodgers. Most QBs aren't and never will be.

Well said.  If David Garrard could be classified as a franchise quarterback, then Minshew could be that too.  But in the limited evaluation we have of him up to this point, I see that as who he is capable of becoming.  The real question becomes, is that what we are acceptable with?  And would a new GM be satisfied with that moving forward?  The 2021 off-season is a huge year for this franchise and the decisions that will be made could reset the course of this franchise for a decade.

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