Nov. 1: Minshew is expected to be inactive for next week’s game against Houston, per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (Twitter link). Glennon and sixth-round rookie Jake Luton will battle for the starting job in practice, and while Glennon obviously offers far more experience than Luton, coaches have been impressed with the young Oregon State signal-caller. With Jacksonville sitting at 1-6, it would not be surprising to see Luton get the nod.
Oct. 29: Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew has been diagnosed with multiple fractures in his right thumb, plus a strained ligament (Twitter link via ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter). With that, his availability is in question for the Jags’ next game against the Texans after the bye week. 
Minshew has been in pain since Oct. 11, when he suffered the injury in the team’s last meeting with the Texans. Jaguars staffers only just found out about Minshew’s injury this week, which means they may prompt them to start backup Mike Glennon in Week 9.
The injury would help to explain his recent performance. Against the Chargers, Minshew completed just over half of his passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns. He was also sacked multiple times early on, which didn’t help matters either.
Last year, Minshew went 6-6 as the Jaguars’ starter while setting franchise records in yards (3,271) and touchdowns (21) for rookie QBs. This year, he’s gone 1-6 with 1,855 yards and 13 touchdowns against five interceptions.
In other Jaguars injury news, return specialist Dede Westbrook has been ruled out for the rest of the year with a torn ACL. Fortunately, Minshew’s injury is far less severe.
Play the rookie if Minshew can’t start. Glennon couldn’t even beat out Nathan Peterman for a clipboard job with the Raiders and he’s 1-14 in games where he’s had to pass more than 25 times.
Jags logic of ‘team building’ is by using the Madden cheat sheet of allowing teams to cheery pick players of other teams on their practice squad. Followed by a power running game fronted by a UDFA that’s slow.
Glennon really shined when stepping in as the Bucs’ backup years ago, so I’ll give him more credit than others, but I think you’re right in starting Luton. Unless Luton ends up being so bad that he hurts the development of other young players, it would be wise to see how he does from an evaluative perspective. I doubt he offers more than Glennon as of today in terms of winning chances as a low pick in his first start without many first team reps, but he certainly has more upside/possible future trade value.
My personal expectation is that Minshew means more to this team than is obvious on the surface, and the Jags’ performance will suffer without him, no matter who the starter is. Considering the fact we’re discussing a 1-6 team, that says something.
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