(06-15-2021, 11:04 AM)rpr52121 Wrote:

(06-15-2021, 10:48 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: I'd be willing to bet exactly zero NFL head coaches agree with this. 

The two are not mutually exclusive.

Developing a QB   -------------------------------------  Trying to win every game

Two different things.

Then why do so many teams have back up QB's that would be hard pressed to win a game or few if pressed into service?

Also, I'd argue no one knows what Minshew's future really is.
Does anyone on this board think he will develop into a good starter or just a high level back up?
If he is only a back up, is he really already a top 10 back up QB in the league on this team as currently constructed or only on a team that has a decent roster around him?
Is really the guy who can groom a younger QB given the weaknesses we saw in his vision over his last 16 or so games? Does he even want to do that?

I get what you are saying. Why not just keep both?

Minshew’s trade value cratered following the QB changes and a rich QB draft this offseason. Just wait for some of those solutions to fail and then trade him to a team that really needs a QB.

Maybe Minshew has an excellent preseason. Maybe there is a QB injury on a competitive team. Maybe the QB class next year will look weak. I don’t know, but right now it is a buyers market, so I see no need to sell.

I would prefer to keep my Minshew investment, because I think it will get more valuable. I do think he is a high level backup with at least some potential to be an average starter. He also has value to me as the primary backup in the mean time.

Let Beathard mentor Trevor on the bench as a 3rd QB. If Minshew is traded this year we will still have a meh backup at least.

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