(11-29-2019, 07:41 AM)NH3 Wrote:

(11-27-2019, 09:23 PM)jaglou53 Wrote: I also believe Minshew can be a very good q.b. in the NFL. Other than Mark Brunell, this team's history with starting quarterbacks has been dreadful. This does not just include the terrible draft choices (Gabbert, Bortles and to a lesser degree, Leftwich), but the guys they passed on Big Ben, Mahomes, Watson and Lamar Jackson. Whether Foles is added to this list will be determined no later than midway through next season. Wouldn't it be incredible if the guy that ends this q.b. jinx is a 6th round pick who very few gave a chance to make the roster after his first training camp?

 David Garrard was extremely successful as our fourth round draft pick when finally given the job. Admittedly, I too gave up on GM15 after the Pre-Season because his play didn't warrant my vote. At the time. It's evident of the thread that I created and others agreed to disagree. 

 The bottom line is that GM15 had his chance to keep the starting job. If we would've won two more games under his watch, he'd be the starter right now, today. I too was caught up in the Minshew Mania and I still have hope but it was the right thing to do by reinserting NF7 back into the line up whether we the fans agree or disagree. 

NH3...

I was the exact opposite with Minshew during pre-season. I felt the amount of abuse he was taking playing behind that offensive line and his ability to hang in there and make throws with bullets flying around him was admirable. I recall even saying before the regular season started that I wouldn't mind seeing him play with the first string offense for [BLEEP] and grins. He didn't disappoint. 

Did he really have a chance though at keeping his job? I said it during the tinhorns game in London that the play calling was pretty questionable. I was wondering why they chose to run the football early against their run defense at that time where they were in the top five or ten if I am not mistaken. 

While they were hurting against the pass. There was no play action hardly called or any rolling out against their defense where Watt was recently out on IR and Joseph was banged up in the secondary as well. All of the early throws being called were short, safe plays to the outside or in the flat. 

It was wrong to insert Nick Foles back into the line-up when you consider he hadn't played in over two months and would be tasked to play against two divisional rivals on the road with really, really poor pass protection ahead of him. Minshew was highly ranked and regarding with his ability to escape and buy time. He was doing that a lot at times because of poor pass protection. 

Now they expect Foles who lacks that mobility to come in and get the ball out lightning fast and you've already seen defenders catch onto that and drop back and play volleyball with quite a few batted passes already seen on film. The coaching staff [BLEEP] up. Plain and simple. They completely mismanaged this situation. 

And after they get hammered at home by the Buccaneers the show is over at 4 - 8 and they'll probably put him back in the starting line-up and end up winning at least two games and then you'll hear further people on here questioning why they pulled him to begin with. It's not a knock against Foles. I just don't think he was ready after that injury. He's made a lot of bad decisions and throws so far due to being under duress with this offensive line. 

Just not a good year for him. Bad timing in general. The scheme may be built around his skill set but the pieces around him are clearly not. And I'll leave it at that.

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