(02-23-2021, 06:00 PM)Black and Teal Wrote: Like most people on this board, I think Lawrence will be the starting quarterback come game 1. But I see a lot of people on Twitter/Duvalpride wanting to ship Minshew off to another team and I’m not sure I’m understanding. You’ve got a 6th round rookie that surely outplayed his draft position in just two years. He has starting experience and is on a rookie deal. I’m just not seeing a better alternative for a back-up quarterback. We don’t need more draft capital, we’d create an unnecessary hole, and we’d just have to sign someone who isn’t on a rookie deal. What’s the message? Outplay your draft position and you’ll get shipped off? I’ve heard that he’d want to start and my argument is “who doesn’t?”you’d think you want back ups to compete across the board. I know he’s not a 10 year veteran but he has starting experience but he is learning his 7th offense in 7 different years. So that adaptability could be useful for Bevell. The alternative is to draft someone in the later rounds and hope he’s good enough to have a 37-to-11 TD/Int ratio as a late rounder. And if we sign a back up like Ryan Fitzpatrick, what’s wrong with him being the 3rd stringer? We carried 3 last year and they were him, Mike Glennon, and Jake Luton. Compete for everything.

The Jaguars would be crazy to NOT trade Minshew if they could get a 4th or even 5th round pick for him. They already have a lot of picks, but I expect them to try and move both up and down the board come draft time. That extra 4th might enable them to move up in the 2nd or 3rd round to get the last player on their board at a particular position. It could even be used to move up a few spots from pick 25 if someone like Darrisaw, Horn or Barmore are still on the board after pick 19 or 20. 

Minshew was great for our fans due to his likability and occasional outstanding performances. Unfortunately, he will never be more than a below average NFL quarterback so if some team is stupid enough to offer us a 4th rounder they'd be ecstatic. Lawrence would do better by having a veteran backup who doesn't mind carrying a clipboard for 3 or 4 million dollars per season. Maybe Alex Smith's wife will convince him to abandon his desires to be the starter in Washington and come play for his college coach.

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