Jaguars high-priced QB Nick Foles is expected to be healthy enough to return to the field in Week 11, as Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reiterates (video link). However, Rapoport indicated that if Foles’ replacement, sixth-round rookie Gardner Minshew, played well against the Texans in London today, Jacksonville could continue to roll with Minshew and have Foles serve as his backup.
But there’s a problem: Minshew did not play well in the Jags’ loss to Houston. He completed 27 of 47 passes for 309 yards and accounted for four turnovers (two lost fumbles and two interceptions). As such, and as Rapoport indicated in a follow-up tweet, the Jags will have a tough decision to make in the next week or so (the team has its bye next week).
Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports also heard that Minshew had a chance to keep his starting job, but now his immediate future is looking much more uncertain. The Jaguars are on the fringe of the playoff picture, and while it is difficult to envision them as legitimate contenders in 2019, it would also be tough for them to keep the experienced (and well-paid) Foles on the sidelines while there is still a chance at the postseason.
Minshew has injected some life into the Jags’ franchise, but he looked very much like a rookie today, and he has struggled with fumbles all season. He obviously has plenty of promise, but he still has a lot to learn, and he may have to do some of that learning as a backup.
Missed opportunity for Minshew. Welcome to the card hard reality that is the bench.
Jags coaches threw that game so there wouldn’t be a ‘QB controversy”. That was the most preseason band offense I’ve seen in a long time.
Play calling doesnt account for all those turnovers.
Would be pretty stupid of the Jags to pay a clipboard holder $20M+ a year
They just traded their best player. Stupidity runs strong in that organization.
You right. I almost forgot about the Bortles contract debacle.
This past offseason, they signed a 31 year old Foles to $20m a year who has never started a complete season as well. Again, not the brightest organization in the league.
Huh?
Hopkins was basically shut down without Ramsey.
Plus Ramsey wasn’t playing anyway and he has barely been missed on the field.
2 first rounders and a 4th rounder?
Take it everytime for a Diva like Ramsey.
Foles is better
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thank you both for that
31 is broken in for a QB. He has more rings than most.
Foles should start as he is proven and it won’t hurt Minshews confidence. As a 6th round pick rookie behind a super bowl MVP QB I doubt he was expecting as much game time as he has gotten and he should be feeling humble for the opportunity he was given.
League now knows how good he is and can be, he’s definitely going to get more game time and be able to proven himself later. Go back to the bench and keep grinding, watch film on all his errors and bounce back strong.