By my count, he’s been hurt on roughly half the hits he’s taken in the nfl. That’s unsustainable even if he never runs again.

And the sample size is getting too big for it to be a fluke.

That is one reason why I wasn't so sure AR was the best choice for us, he's played so few games we had no idea how durable he was....looks like he's made of glass!

Typically if you get good news the first time you don’t go for another opinion.

RG3, anyone?

I'll say it, right now we are a better team with Gardner. Richardson is a freak of nature that Gardner doesn't come close to matching, but he doesn't do dumb shit. He doesn't beat us when we lose. He is definitely more accurate than Richardson and that will probably never change. He is a far superior athlete and his arm strength is unreal. If he can stay healthy and continue to progress we have us a beast, sans the accuracy thing. I am not sure that can be coached out of a player. Right now, this moment, this season we are better with Gardner. Say we win every game while Anthony is out? What do they do when he is ready to come back?

I think they still play Richardson. It was obvious after the Baltimore game that Minshew gives us the greater likelihood of winning now, and that its clear they are more interested in developing AR (and tolerating a few extra losses) than they are winning right now.
I think that's reasonable even, because losses now might payoff in more wins down the road if you let AR develop and learn, which only comes from playing time.

Also, I mentioned in the other thread... it's not just big hits you worry about. He just has more chances to land on a shoulder wrong, slam the back of his head off the turf, twist a knee, twist an ankle, pull a hamstring, etc.

I'd love for him to develop into Andrew Luck as a passer with all the arm talent in the world so that your athleticism is purely a luxury. But that's unlikely. So his athleticism is more used out of necessity (for lack of a better phrase).

I wouldn’t go that far. Minshew has had the luxury of coming off the bench and not being the guy defenses have planned for. Even the game he started AR wasn’t ruled out until late in the week.

Once teams know he’ll be the starter, they’ll be a lot more effective playing him.

Also, AR has been sneaky good when he plays. I don’t think Minshew comes back from down 23-0 the way he did.

If he is, best to know that before his rookie contract ends.

I'm seriously bummed out. We paid that dickhead Taylor for no reason. Malki Kawa is holding our organization hostage with his Leonard and dickhead Taylor contracts. And now our rookie QB is severely injured and can't stay healthy. Too late to tank for Williams. We finally beat the 'tacks. Yay. Bummed...

7 tds vs 2. AR is more dangerous. Gardner is more accurate as a passer, but AR is the mismatch that teams struggle with.