(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.

I think the bigger concern is whether you can bring a more seasoned veteran into the room, and tap into their experience to walk TLaw through the rookie campaign. If you do that, get what you can for Minshew. The fact that he is still on his rookie deal is what would make him appealing to a team willing to trade.

This is not as much an abandonment of Minshew as it is a desire to bring experience into the equation. I love Minshew's gritty nature, he is a scrapper that will claw and fight to get yards out of a play, but I don't see him as mentor material. He looked overwhelmed last year, and I want someone more seasoned walking alongside the future of the franchise.

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