(09-30-2019, 04:09 PM)JagsFoles7 Wrote:

(09-30-2019, 01:45 AM)Corriewf Wrote: Let’s start this conversation early and see how this ages as the weeks go by. 

Magical fairy heals Foles and the team doc gives him the clear to start next sunday, week 5. Do you start him? 

Right now as I see it, the team/fan base has major buy in. Minshew has the hot hand and the chemistry is all Minshew. Foles has yet to prove himself in Jacksonville under our system. Foles is more the unknown than Minshew in Jacksonville. However...Foles does have the ring. 

It’s just hard to look at Minshews stats and send him to the bench in my eyes.

Typical fan overreaction to a 2-2 quarterback, who has played in every quarter this season.  

Foles is the franchise quarterback for seversl reasons:  five playoff wins, Super Bowl MVP, Pro Bowl MVP, NFL record for most consecutive completions in a game, NFL record for most TD passes in a game, has two jerseys hanging in the Pro Football HOF.

The NFL is about what have you done for me lately, not a resume of your past work. Foles is profoundly important to the continued development of Minshew. and, as the OP proposed, if both are healthy, we are one bad hit away from needing to call the backup into duty, as we are all aware.

Minshew has an offense that is producing, getting wins, and chemistry with the guys on the field. Foles is weeks away from that, and has little more than practice field time with the majority of the guys we see on Sunday. Eli Manning has two rings, too, but like fun I'd let him near these guys while Minshew continues to perform well.

Be happy that we have a fantastic insurance plan regardless of who is 1 and who is 2. I think you stay with Minshew today. Heck, I was really nervous after that low hit that we were going to need Dobbs to rally the team to victory, and confidence was not high for that to happen. Were it Foles coming off the bench, all the confidence in the world.

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