Gardner Minshew II began this season because the Las Vegas Raiders’ beginning quarterback, and after 5 disappointing video games, he was benched in favor of Aidan O’Connell.
He returned to the controls of their offense in Week 7 when O’Connell suffered a fractured thumb, and in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs this previous Sunday, he accomplished 24 of 30 go makes an attempt and threw two landing passes and no interceptions in a 27-20 loss.
Former New England Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick had a transparent message on the “Let’s Go!” podcast for Minshew so far as his viability as a QB1 shifting ahead — “Ball safety is job safety.”
Belichick on Gardner Minshew: “Ball safety is job safety.”
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To this point this season, Minshew has thrown six landing passes, however he has eight interceptions, and for his profession, he has a 4.0 % interception charge, which is unusually excessive.
Final season, in 17 video games with the Indianapolis Colts, he threw 15 landing passes however had 9 interceptions and a whopping eight fumbles.
Some individuals really feel the Raiders could also be beginning a rebuild or no less than a retooling course of after buying and selling star broad receiver Davante Adams to the New York Jets earlier this month.
They’ve been one thing of a laughingstock for some 20 years, and if they’re to make the playoffs for under the third time since 2002 any time quickly, they must discover a approach to get a professional beginning quarterback.
With a 2-6 document proper now, maybe they are going to end with a document that can be unhealthy sufficient to present them a shot at drafting a stable signal-caller within the 2025 NFL Draft.