(08-16-2019, 07:10 AM)Hurricane Wrote:

(08-16-2019, 06:45 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: You can, but there is a lot riding on the backup position for us. Foles has a history of missing games and we NEED a reliable backup. Minshew has yet to get this team into the endzone and whether you agree with everything I say, that has to be a concern. Trusting the backup role to a rookie 6th round pick with a weak arm is just NOT a smart move at all. If we want to keep him on the team as a developmental 3rd string QB or a practice squad player, that is fine, but the backup role has to go to a guy that will give you a chance to win and I'm not seeing anything close to that from Minshew yet.

Are you saying McGough or Lee would be a better choice? Minshew is our option. The majority of the time he was in there, the pocket was collapsed instantly. Its pretty hard to judge someone when they have no time at all to progress his reads. Considering the pressure he was getting, i felt like he did a very good job. Receivers were dropping some pretty good passes also. There were quite a few starters on the Eagles defense when the game started. Let him get some more experience with the difference in speed in the nfl compared to college. I feel like he isn't much worse than Blake and hes just a few quarters in so far....

Of course not! Lee couldn't even get a job in arena football. I'm saying we better look at making a trade or perhaps picking up a decent veteran QB off the waiver wire once guys start getting cut, because at this point, if Foles gets injured, we won't win a single game with the backup QB's we have. While I agree our backup Tackles are without a doubt, the worst in the NFL, Minshew is also playing against 2nd and 3rd string defenses the majority of the game. Maybe not at first, but when the backups came in, he still couldn't get a TD. You have to take that into account. Also, even though we got Robinson back, he was never elite. He was/is an average LT, which is much better than what we've had in the past and I'm fine with that. We also have no idea how good/bad Taylor will be as a rookie. Those two guys are going to be matching up against some very elite DE's and they won't always win the battle, so even if Minshew was behind our starting O-Line, the result probably wouldn't be much better. We need someone who is used to that kind of situation and pressure for at least the 2019 season, to backup Foles. Hopefully, Foles stays 100% healthy all season and we never see a backup QB, but given all the injury issues we had with this team last season, we must be prepared and I am a HUGE believer in having a decent backup QB, who can at least give you a chance to win games.

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(08-16-2019, 08:06 AM)B2hibry Wrote: Not a ton of highlights but damn Allen and that strength...

https://twitter.com/Jaguars/status/1162201073072799746

I believe Allen is gonna be special. I really wanted Hockenson to upgrade the TE position, but once I saw Allen was still on the board, it was a "no-brainer." He was my top player in the draft. If we can get Ngakoue signed, I'll feel a lot better about releasing Campbell after the season.

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