(11-08-2019, 10:22 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-08-2019, 10:17 AM)Cleatwood Wrote: Who cares? He can film of himself Monday-Saturday instead of those 3 hours of watching Foles on Sunday. He is gaining absolutely nothing on Sundays by watching Foles.

Then why do teams draft and develop QBs every single season by sitting them for a year or more? 

Is Andy Reid a fool? Did Aaron Rodgers "gain absolutely nothing" watching Favre?

Those coaches didn't think they were ready. Not to mention, it was Brett Favre..... Are you also trying to say that if Smith had gotten hurt during Mahomes rookie season and Mahomes did his thing, that Reid would have gone back to Smith? Or if Rodgers did his thing after a Favre injury that they would have gone back to Favre? The injury to Foles changed everything. If Foles never got hurt, we obviously wouldn't have seen Minshew but the problem here, is we did see him. We saw him light up Denver and Carolina (both top 10 pass defense teams). 

I'm also talking from a pure Sunday standpoint. The point some are trying to make is that Minshew is somehow learning something on Sundays. What exactly is that? What's he learning in those 3 hours that he couldn't also learn while playing?

There's no right or wrong way to develop a QB. That's clear considering Peyton played every snap as a rookie and Rodgers sat for 3 years behind a HOF QB but once Minshew took control and it was clear the moment wasn't too big and he wasn't hurting the teams chances (but instead winning games) he should have remained the starter.

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