(08-28-2021, 11:00 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(08-28-2021, 10:58 AM)JagsFanSince95 Wrote: The only thing we'll miss from DIAMOND DAVE was his ability to fleece other teams via trade. Baalke is a step down in that department, and telling by the amount of injury/ACL specials we've already added to the roster, may be a step down in most areas in general. Time will tell.

I actually hope Minshew does well, he has a chance to be the guy up there if Hurts struggles or gets injured. I hope he balls out, he had a great rookie year and if you get talent around him(Unlike here) he could be a pre-shoulder injury Chad Pennington type in the NFL, which is not a knock on either QB .

As Chad Henne has demonstrated, there is a very good living to be made as a backup QB.

Chad Henne never threw for 21 tds in a season, in fact he has never thrown for 16.. Minshew is light years better and could be a starter in the right situation. Gardner Minshew gets way too much flak for being on two dysfunctional/falling apart teams, one being of the worst teams in NFL history. He threw for 16 Tds in 8 starts to a talent-less WR group outside of Chark, who was also banged up in 2020. The guy was on a short leash(for some reason) and forced to play 2nd fiddle to garbage cans like Nick Foles, Mike Glennon(LOL) and Jake Luton far too frequently. That said, he certainly won't get a chance to start here now, being we just drafted Lawrence. Still doesn't take away from what Minshew did as a 6th round QB. All the while being jerked around, benched, renamed the starter, benched, playing through a thumb injury, multiple OCs etc. I wish him the best, I still think he can start in the NFL.

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