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How successful will Gardner Minshew be in year two?

Yahoo Sports' Scott Pianowski is joined by TJ Hernandez from 4for4 Fantasy Football and they discuss what we can expect in year two for Jaguars QB Gardner Minshew. Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

Video Transcript

TJ HERNANDEZ: One guy that you did didn't mention is Gardner Minshew.

SCOTT PIANOWSKI: Oh, I love Gardner Minshew.

TJ HERNANDEZ: Yeah, he was-- he was sixth in rushes among quarterbacks last year, only quarterback with over 60 rushes that didn't score at least rushing-- one rushing touchdown. Every one with more rushes than him scored at least three touchdowns. And three of those guys scored at least seven touchdowns. I don't know if Jacksonville is an offense that's going to produce many scores. But if you have a quarterback that can account for a percentage of those with his legs, and then they're going to get some through there, assuming he can stay on the field.

He's going to be a streaming guy or like a really, really solid quarterback too. Like he can hop a lot of these boring guys and be like a quarterback 13, 14. Like I wouldn't be surprised to see him hop Roethlisberger. You mentioned Tannehill, I'm low on that Tennessee offense, kind of like sounds like you are. Sam Darnold, Philip Rivers, Teddy Bridgewater, like there's a scenario where Gardner Minshew outpaces all of those guys and ends up as like the quarterback 13.

SCOTT PIANOWSKI: Yeah, I'm so glad you mentioned that, other than the fact that you took away my reveal. Because when we went to the rest of the field, I was going to say that Minshew is the quarterback going undrafted in leagues. You're going in the final round of leagues, where I think he could jump 10 to 12 spots. This Jacksonville defense, we know how short windows are in the NFL. It wasn't that long ago they were in the AFC championship game with one of the best defenses in the league.

And that defense doesn't exist anymore. But, you know, Minshew, man, they drafted him as depth. They drafted him as a project.

They certainly didn't expect that he would start last year. He started most of the season-- 21 touchdowns, six interceptions, a rushing component to his game. And even though I'm not sure how good the skill guys are, I love DJ Chark.

TJ HERNANDEZ: Yeah.

SCOTT PIANOWSKI: And maybe if you could just have a star in Chark, which I think he is, and then maybe somebody else. If you're in super flex or if you lose your quarterback in week one, I mean, I just think Gardner Minshew, I have a feeling there's enough plausible upside. I think he's going to be like in all the waiver columns, like in the first or second week of the season.

TJ HERNANDEZ: Yeah.