(08-16-2019, 08:39 AM)JagsFansince1995 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.

Minshew can be a decent backup.  Foles BETTER play a full 16 game season.  I'm tired of hearing excuses about if he misses time.  We paid him to be better and play the same amount of games in a regular season than our previous QB.  These excuses are head scratching.

You can't just simply wish that into existence. Look at the toll injuries took on us last season. Minshew might turn into a decent backup someday, but it'll take time and he's not even close to that now. Relying on him to be the primary backup in his rookie year is complete nonsense and it's reckless. It's not like we have the luxury of taking a QB, if we get a top 5 pick in 2020, because Foles gets injured. We'll probably go DT to replace Dareus, as he and Campbell are all but goners after the season and I still think we'll take a TE very high in 2020 as well. We need a reliable backup QB who can at least give us a chance to win.

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