(10-12-2020, 01:57 PM)CSTblank Wrote:

(10-12-2020, 01:24 PM)Corriewf Wrote: I think that is more an indication of the scouting we have done than the process involved. You have to take chances if the elite talent is there. If it isn’t roll BAP and I’m OK with Minshew again next year. 

The question this year is if Minshew would progress and become the man. I don’t see it.

I think it’s unfair to give a QB 19 games to make a decision on whether he’s the man or not. In Peyton Manning’s first 16 games he definitely did not look like the man, and 5 games into his sophomore season he threw 7 interceptions against 11 touchdowns for a total of 1,395 yards on an average completion pct of 61.62 through those 5 games... During that span the colts boasted a 3-2 record. The team as a whole was obviously better than the jags team as a whole right now, but in strict QB COMPARISON 
Do you think that the colts should have continued to build around Manning or should they have written him off and looked to draft another QB the following draft. Remember, nobody knew he was gonna be HOF bound 5 games into his sophomore season. I’m just saying. 

For the record 5 games into Minshews sophomore season he has 10 TD against 4 INT, for 1,439 yards
On an average completion pct of 69.9...

Side by side they do look pretty comparable in a stats perspective. The jaguars have a lot of problems and they are not going to be successful no matter who is under center.

Maybe just maybe Minshew isn’t the sole reason for this teams struggles and maybe 5 games into his sophomore season is too soon to be givin up on him...

Give the kid a chance!

Completely reasonable. I think people look at a few different QBs who enjoy success early on and forget that the majority of them have rough patches in their first couple of years. He's looked out of sorts at times but it's not like he's playing badly. He is being asked to share an extraordinary amount of the load for a young player. Since the tacks game, he's averaging 44 pass attempts per game. I'd like him to get down to more like 30. Part of that is because the Jags have been down but it's still asking a lot of the guy. 

If the Jags do end up with the number one pick, I think they got to go for Lawrence even though there's no guarantee he'll be any better. (People see the draft as some magic panacea that will make things all right. They're almost always wrong.)

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