(10-28-2020, 04:31 PM)Upper Wrote: Pro sports is a game of cat and mouse. You show skills, opposition adjusts, you adjust to that, and so on. Minshew came out guns blazing last year with a very eccentric game that was based on flair, moxie, and a very unique ability to hit a spot downfield. He abused teams repeatedly with that deep sideline back shoulder throw that basically no one else throws, I can't remember anyone doing it regularly like Minshew did last year since Rodgers and Jordy Nelson. Minshew thrived while teams were still formulating the scouting report against Minshew's idiosyncratic quirks.

After 3-4 weeks though, the book was written and the Saints showed that if you just take away the deep timing routes Minshew doesn't have the requisite arm talent to beat you with an orthodox game. We're still waiting for Minshew to show that he has the skills to adjust back.

I've been waiting for that and there's nothing wrong with that. I think there's a tendency to make judgements on players based on too limited number of games. I would definitely give Minshew until the end of the season but I'm not seeing anything telling me he's going to have the ability to re-adjust his game. I don't think it's really an arm strength issue, I think the defenses are confusing him enough to cause him to make the wrong decisions. It's weird because he was actually making pretty good decisions earlier on.

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