grateful zed
Footballguy
with the superbowl hype long gone, and now this, has nick lost his 'starter' potential.
delegated to career backup, at this point?
delegated to career backup, at this point?
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The Nick Foles era (2 Viewers)
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Dizzy
Footballguy
Not at all... now he can find his way bay to the Eagles, come in in relief and make the starter look bad, and then sign a big free agent deal somewhere else. Then he'll stink...
Rinse, repeat.
Mystery Achiever
Footballguy
Not gonna happen. The brains of the operation appears to be in Indy.
DocHolliday
Footballguy
Eagles could have used Foles and his magic last weekend.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
babydemon90
Footballguy
I mean, if he had a normal season of playing, it might not have been a bad signing. He's always been somewhat inconsistent, so with the broken collarbone, then benching him after 2 games or so - that's a weird shake. It's a bad signing because he got hurt, Minshew showed potential, and the coaches were scared to commit to Foles. If you'd have given him time, he have sprinked in some great games too. If you were expecting consistent high level play - well I can't help you, he's never done that in his career so...
Warhogs
Footballguy
I wasn't expecting anything. I'm not a Jags fan. I thought they paid way too much when they signed him. He is a decent journeyman QB. He is a younger Ryan Fitzpatrick.
More I think about it, more I think they just keep both and open up the competition. Whoever loses will be one of the best backups in the league. Maybe they can trade Foles for something but with that contract might be tough unless they ate a ton of cash and at that point might as well keep him. I mean he only started two games and was coming off an injury which still could have affected him, so didn't really get a fair shot.
grateful zed
Footballguy
TheWinz
Footballguy
Foles is this generation's Frank Reich. A career backup with a few great games. Combined they have 31 wins in 21 seasons.
thriftyrocker
Footballguy
Not the best comparison given 26 of those belong to Foles. Foles was Pro Bowl and SB MVP in different seasons. He began 3 seasons as the team's starter which is not a lot but significantly more than 0.
I think Foles got kind of screwed this year. He got 2 games to come back from a broken collarbone, before they pulled the plug on him, and one of those games was against a final 4 team in the Titans. Meanwhile, Minshew had led the offense to under 10 points in 2 of his last 4 starts, and the two that were over 10 were the Jets and Bengals. I thought they went back to Minshew a little too soon.
Foles is still a starting QB in this league in my opinion. Not a franchise guy, obviously, but a low end starter. If some team can get the Jags to trade Foles and pick to them just to get his contract of the books, that would be a great move in my opinion. This isn't Brock Osweiler, Foles can be a useful starter. Frankly, I'd much rather get Foles and a draft pick, then sign Bridgewater or Winston as starters. I'd take him in Chicago.
This is still a QB in his prime, who has won a SB, and makes some very impressive throws at times, without being a TO machine.
Foles is still a starting QB in this league in my opinion. Not a franchise guy, obviously, but a low end starter. If some team can get the Jags to trade Foles and pick to them just to get his contract of the books, that would be a great move in my opinion. This isn't Brock Osweiler, Foles can be a useful starter. Frankly, I'd much rather get Foles and a draft pick, then sign Bridgewater or Winston as starters. I'd take him in Chicago.
This is still a QB in his prime, who has won a SB, and makes some very impressive throws at times, without being a TO machine.
grateful zed
Footballguy
im giving this guy another shot. everyone loses when in jax.
JaxBill
Footballguy
Man, given the current QB glut, the Jags did well to get that 4th to get out from that contract.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Shutout
Footballguy
Ya know, I would be right there with you but then I saw Ryan tannehill last year. You talk about a guy that looked as pedestrian as could before almost as decade and then suddenly he's almost taking a team to the super bowl. I think Mitch still needs some support. Not sure how much but I wouldn't ignore completely. They have some good players and someone has to toss them the ball.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I think it's a situation to stay away from regardless who's under center. Trubisky probably has a very short leash.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I remember Bobby Douglas from the early 70s. Man he sucked. He could run a little bit, but was a terrible QB. Rex Grossman played in the SB and he was about as bad as they come.
Madden Curse
Footballguy
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
I need a backup. I might be in.
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