I don't disagree. Minshew has clear limitations. He's a fringe starter/backup for a reason. But he signed for very little to help AR transition to the NFL and, if needed, come in and execute Steichen's offense and keep them in games. Most people loved the signing at the time as I recall.
And by all accounts, he far exceeded expectations, especially on the field. He had to play the majority of 15 games (started 13)...and they won 9 of those games. He did well enough to earn a 2/$25M deal this offseason to go fill that role elsewhere.
I guess, relative to what happened last year at the QB position in the NFL (including the Colts), it was actually pretty great to have Minshew. That's why I never really understood the narrative about how they were close to making the playoffs in spite of Minshew.
@tweezy32, fair enough but anyone that is roughly 50 years old would consider all these QBs Great and the others Very Good. Brian Sipe won MVP in 1980, he was very good as well. I guess my point to all of this is, there have been a lot of great or very good QBs that never won a SB as a starter. I just listed over 20.
I don't necessarily disagree with any of this, but it's not what I was responding to.
I mean, the biggest problem is not having a PROVEN franchise QB. Once AR proves himself (assuming he does) then I think FAs will be far more interested in coming here. Until then though, we don't really have all that much to offer.
SB era (1966-2023), QBs that have been considered Great or Very Good which is better than just Good, that never won a SB as a starter:
The list
Fran Tarkenton - great
Dan Fouts - great
Dan Marino - great
Jim Kelly - great
Warren Moon - great
Ken Anderson - very good
Danny White - very good
Randall Cunningham - very good
Boomer Esiason - very good
Bernie Kosar - very good (won a SB in Dallas as a backup)
Michael Vick - very good
Donovan McNabb - very good
Steve McNair - very good
Andrew Luck - very good
Cam Newton - very good
Philip Rivers - very good
Matt Ryan - very good
Jalen Hurts - very good
Joe Burrow - very good
-All of these QBs at least started in a Championship Game or SB with the exception of Moon but Moon is a Hall of Famer.
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