Can you imagine if the Colts’ plan to replace Carson Wentz included another deal with the Eagles?
It’s possible, according to NFL insider Jason Lacanfort of CBS Radio.
Lakanfora tweeted Saturday that if the Colts can’t find Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins or “another proven starter,” they might be interested in Gardner Minshew, who spent 2021 as Jalen Hurts’ understudy with the Eagles.
Name to look out for in a trade if the Colts can’t find Cousins or another proven rookie: Gardner Minshew.
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) March 12, 2022
Howie Roseman just ripped off Colts general manager Chris Ballard and head coach Frank Reich in a quarterback trade, and since that didn’t work out, could Ballard and Reich be forced to deal with Roseman again to get another quarterback?
The irony is almost too good to be true.
The Colts agreed to trade Wentz to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday just a year after they bought him from the Eagles for a 1st-round pick next month and a 3rd-round pick last year.
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The Eagles acquired Minshew from the Jaguars at the end of training camp last summer in exchange for a conditional 6th round pick. He began the season as the Eagles’ third pick behind Hurts and Joe Flacco before the Eagles traded Flacco to the Jets for another conditional 6th round pick.
Minshaw started two games last year: 20 of 25 for 242 yards and two touchdowns in a win over the Jets and 19 of 33 for 186 yards with two touchdowns and INT in a pointless season finale against the Cowboys at Link. Overall, he had a passer rating of 104.8, the 2nd highest in franchise history with at least 50 attempts behind Nick Fowles’ 119.2 in 2013.
Minshew, 25, has one year left on a four-year rookie contract he signed after being selected by the Jaguars in the 6th round of the 2019 draft. He is due to receive $2.54 million this year and will become a free agent after the 2022 season without a new contract.
In two years at Jacksonville, Minshew went 8-14 with 37 touchdowns and just 11 interceptions. He went 6–6 after Fowles was sent off the bench in 2019. Overall, his passer rating of 93.9 is the 18th highest in NFL history (500 minimum).
The only quarterbacks currently with the Colts are Sam Elinger and James Morgan. None of them have ever thrown an NFL pass in the regular season.
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