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That’s what I thought too.The writer didn’t do much homework. Minshew went on a cross country road trip after his rookie season. He’s started another one. First stop at his parents and second stop is to see an old Pirate.
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He still may find a new home where he is the starter. I hope that is the case. But there is nothing cryptic about this like the writer states. Some of the comments point this out.
Define franchise QB.
Curious. Comparing Minshew to Garoppolo, who would you rather have as your starter next year?
I haven’t watched a lot of Garoppolo, but my gut reaction is that I’d take either one. I think Garoppolo has more pure talent. GM has to work harder. But I think that fact makes him a spark plug for the rest of his team. He makes the players around him better. It wasn’t so apparent in Jacksonville because that team is such a train wreck - as proved by being only the 3rd team to have back to back #1 picks - but even in Philly that team’s best game this season was not with Hurts taking the snaps.
He’s absolutely not on any bubble. He might not be a top 15 QB but he is solidly better than 5-10 starting QBs in the league right now. And better skill wise is only part of the equation. He’s inexpensive which means if you make the right moves with the freed up money, you can build a team around him that can make a deep playoff run.
Many assessing QBs seem not to account for their situations, which make all the difference. It will be tragic if Minshew never gets any real shot with a team that isn't a train wreck, or, in the case of the Eagles, with a second-team unit with little motivation playing against starters. Even in the circumstances he faced in Jacksonville, he put up great numbers and, in particular, clearly outperformed the guy who got the big deal to be an ostensible franchise QB on that team (Foles). It wasn't even close.
Agree 100%. I know the big star QBs sell tickets and jerseys, but paying them $20M per year forces you to cut corners somewhere, and might prevent you from winning a title.
Maybe there will be a good opportunity for Gardner in Tampa Bay this year. Rumors are flying that Brady is retiring, so......
Tampa brought in Jameis Winston. That's all you need to know about their qb evaluation prowess.
$20? That was 10 years ago these guys are making $40-50 now. Granted the salary cap has grown too but unless you have Mahomes or the like the most probable way to a SB is have a good young QB who’s cheap and build a solid team around them with the extra cap space. That’s exactly what Minshew is…for one more year at least.
Less than half of the starters in the league are over $20M in total cash or cap hit. In base salary, it’s less than 10 of them. And that’s 2022 numbers.
Every QB under 20 with the exception of Carr is either on their rookie deal or a bridge QB. Any other true Franchise guy on a 2nd contract is at $35+. Mahomes must be pretty backloaded I know his deal was around $50. Matt Ryan at $48? Tanehill at $38? Imagine what Josh Allen is gonna get?!
Looks like Allen is about $46M this year, with his bonuses. Looks like it’s the biggest year of his current contract.
