(10-26-2020, 12:18 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote:

(10-26-2020, 12:12 PM)mal234 Wrote: I think you are underestimating his production and value as a QB. I do believe you could get at least a fifth round pick for him, if not higher. But we know for sure unless the team tries to trade for him.

At this point, he's probably better off with another team. The Jags can trade him to the Patriots or a team that could use him and his production. I really like Cam, and thought that he looked like he had taken well to Bill Belichick's coaching. But he's been struggling the last couple of games. I wonder if maybe he won't end up fitting in as well with the Patriots as I thought he might, after watching a couple of their games this season. Bill Belichick is very smart, Gardner has a high football IQ, I think they could work well together and Bill could get the best out of him. I also think he could work well with Josh Mcdaniels, who was doing a nice job of tailoring the Patriots offense to the Cam's strengths. They could do the same with Gardner. I'm not saying he would start right away. I think they would still go with Cam for a bit. Though, he is actually saying he thinks his job is in jeopardy. And Jarret Stidham is still on the team too. But maybe later on in the season if they lose some games, not in contention, they might would play Gardner to see what he looks like in their offense. 

In the past I had said they could trade him to the Cowboys. But the more I think about it, I  don't think he can really do much to help them right now. Believe it or not, they are currently almost as bad off as the Jags are right now. Dak was throwing for almost 500 yards and multiple TD's and they were still losing. Andy got roughed up in yesterday's game, but he's been mostly durable, and I think they will stick with him as long as he's able to play. (though he might miss like a week due to concussion protocol).

I could see other teams being interested in him as well. I saw some Falcons fans are saying they want to trade for him. One of them suggested trading him for Matt Ryan and a 2nd round pick, lol. I don't see that happening, but I thought that was kind of funny. The Jags can reach out and see who's interested in him. It's going to be more than one team. 

If he's traded that could work out for a lot of people. Jags fans that don't like him and think he's "garbage" can see if this will help the team go all in on getting some one they want like Trevor. And some of us that like him can see him possibly succeed in a better situation. And don't have to hear a lot of Jags fans constantly whine about someone who is projected to throw 30TD's and is currently still top 10 in passer rating.

He is not even in the Top 20 for passer rating... you better check that again.  And you're looking for his trade value on the Falcon fan board?  lmao.  C'mon man.  We got a 4th for Foles.  We would get at MAX a 5th for Minshew.  And he'd be a back up wherever he went.

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(10-26-2020, 12:18 PM)Minshew Mania Wrote: All this talk about Gardner being a bum. What about the fact that our defense is literally setting records for points allowed? We just gonna gloss over that, because obviously a FrAnChIsE qB would be able to overcome that and win gamez!

You have a call on line 1 from Russell Wilson.

My mistake I meant to type passing stats. He's top 10 in overall passing stats:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/player/_/...s/dir/desc

And I saw the falcons fan comments (originally posted on facebook) posted on Twitter, I thought that was amusing. I've seen other fans say they wouldn't mind seeing their team trade for him including Cowboys fans, 49ers, Bears fans, etc...

At this point, he probably wouldn't start right away from another team. But things like injuries and really bad play do happen and he could find himself as a starter again at some point. Maybe sooner than later. I definitely could see him succeeding somewhere like the Patriots, a team with very smart coaching who's been good at knowing/finding out what their identity is/needs to be. They did it with Brady, and they were doing it with Cam for the first couple of weeks he played. Cam didn't look so good the last game, but maybe he will end up rebounding. I don't know. If not though Gardner could be a potential trade target for them.

Or somewhere like the Saints, or Steelers, with their good coaching staffs. He might have to wait a bit but those are good spots for him. I could see Drew retiring in the next year or two, and Mike Tomlin was having success with Duck Hodges. 

If Gardner's going to go back to being a backup he would be better off as a backup for a better team than a backup for the Jags. At least with some other teams he will get good coaching/have better support, so should he have to/given the opportunity to start again, he'll be better off. I could definitely see him starting again in the NFL, should he leave the Jags. Which I believe will probably happen. He'll either be traded or leave after his rookie contract is up. He will not want to stay with the Jags if they bench him again. Nor should he. He'll only be 26 when his contract is up and could go and try and get a starter position for a better team.

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