JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 01: Gardner Minshew #15 of the Jacksonville Jaguars scrambles for yardage during the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at TIAA Bank Field on December 01, 2019 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
There’s a 99 percent chance the Jacksonville Jaguars will use the first overall pick in 2021’s draft to take Trevor Lawrence and a recent breakdown of Gardner Minshew II‘s performance in the last two seasons might explain why the team’s brass is so eager to upgrade the quarterback position.
Mike Tanier of Pro Football Network recently wrote about quarterbacks that pad their stats with games out of reach, the proverbial ‘garbage time’, and Minshew was among those that made the list.