(10-26-2020, 12:37 PM)Corriewf Wrote:

(10-26-2020, 12:33 PM)mal234 Wrote: 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.

So are you a Minshew fan or a Jaguars fan? Whats your priority? 

If you are just a fan of Minshews than I am sure there are more appropriate mediums for that use than a board dedicated to the betterment of the Jaguars. 

Your prioritization of Minshews career indicates most of your posts are confirmation bias.

I'm both. And I also love football in general. Which is why I'm always starting weekly game threads, threads about players in the league section, lol.

I want the Jags to be successful. I want Gardner to be successful. It would be nice if they could do it together, lol. But it looks like that probably won't happen. It does get tiresome of seeing people attacking Gardner who is still technically a Jag, when he is one of the players on this team that is trying and IMO one of the bright spots on this team.

That's why I suggested the team could trade him so both the team and him could benefit in some ways. And possibly the fans, including some of you that think he garbage. If he's traded you as Jags fans won't have to deal with him being on the team. 

My discussing trading Gardner to another team in a move that could benefit both him and the Jags is not inappropriate. It's certainly not any more inappropriate than those of you who constantly talk about how much you wish the team had other QB's instead of Gardner. And players in general instead of Jags players.  People over here do that all of the time, in threads on the Jags sections. It's always people saying they prefer Kyler, Justin Herbert and Fields, Joe, Trevor, etc...etc... in these threads. And they aren't Jags players. H 

At least when I talk about Gardner, he's an actual Jags player. At least for now until he probably inevitably leaves this team.

Though, I'll tell you what. Should Gardner be traded/go to another team and perform well, I will try and to mostly limit my thoughts about that to the league section of this forum. I hope that will be an appropriate enough move for you and others, lol.

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