Originally posted by Hysterikal:
Originally posted by NYniner85:
Originally posted by Hysterikal:
They don't want Josh Rosen so technically "anyone but Jimmy" isn't true.
I mean I didn't want Flacco, gross. That said Flacco for $5 bucks or Jimmy at $27M.
Is Jimmy really playing that much better to justify the cap difference? s**t give me minshew for a conditional 2022 6th rd pick. He has two yrs left on his deal and really isn't that bad at all.
20 starts with the s**tty Jags he completed 63% of his balls, threw for 5,600 yards 37/11 TD/INT 93 OB rating
Oh hell yes I'd take Minshew in a heartbeat. Dude is a better version of Baker Mayfield
Minshew would've been the way to go. That way you can also hold an open competition, Trey gets his reps, and if Minshew stinks it up, at least Trey comes in with a better grasp on the offense.
With that said, I won't pretend that I was on board with trading Jimmy in the offseason and going with a vet + Trey. I definitely argued with NY about that as well. Overall I didn't think this was a SB team (had us 10-7 in the PYWLwhatever thread) but I thought we could be very competitive and you never know what happens in the playoffs.
And with all the crap I've given Jimmy over the past year and a half, I still believed he can be good in this offense and was kinda hoping 2 years removed from his ACL he would return to that 2017 form. With all these weapons on offense, I figured there's no way he can suck...Ya injuries have played a part again, but he's been playing very poorly outside of the Lions game.
Now obviously I was wrong, and we definitely should've traded Jimmy and gone with a vet like Minshew. I doubt he would be doing any worse than Jimmy has...And at least you get Trey more ready, which should be the focus 100% going forward because I don't see us making the playoffs anymore.
[ Edited by TheGore49er on Oct 28, 2021 at 12:43 PM ]