Let’s take a look at Will Rogers’s stats and compare to Gardner Minshew’s stats through four games.
Rogers
169/225 75.1% completion % 1,454 yards 11/2 TD/INT 143.7 Passer rating
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/will-rogers-1/gamelog/2021/
Minshew
154/217 71.0% completion % 1,547 yards 11/3 TD/INT 144.8 Passer rating
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/gardner-minshew-1/gamelog/2018/
Minshew’s four opponents were Wyoming, San Jose State, Eastern Washington, and USC. So competition level is pretty similar. Wild that those QB numbers (playing very similar competition) got WSU 41.8 PPG in those four games. The biggest difference? WSU had 9 rushing TDs in those games and we only have 3. When they got close, WSU did not hesitate to run the ball in.
It also hurts that we have lost five fumbles in four games already, while WSU only lost four fumbles all season. Backs and receivers have got to hold on to the ball.
All this to say- Will Rogers is leaving some plays on the field. He has not been perfect. But he is still a young player and compares very favorably to Gardner Minshew when Minshew was a fifth year senior and Heisman finalist. He is getting too much criticism from some, IMO.
Rogers
169/225 75.1% completion % 1,454 yards 11/2 TD/INT 143.7 Passer rating
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/will-rogers-1/gamelog/2021/
Minshew
154/217 71.0% completion % 1,547 yards 11/3 TD/INT 144.8 Passer rating
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/gardner-minshew-1/gamelog/2018/
Minshew’s four opponents were Wyoming, San Jose State, Eastern Washington, and USC. So competition level is pretty similar. Wild that those QB numbers (playing very similar competition) got WSU 41.8 PPG in those four games. The biggest difference? WSU had 9 rushing TDs in those games and we only have 3. When they got close, WSU did not hesitate to run the ball in.
It also hurts that we have lost five fumbles in four games already, while WSU only lost four fumbles all season. Backs and receivers have got to hold on to the ball.
All this to say- Will Rogers is leaving some plays on the field. He has not been perfect. But he is still a young player and compares very favorably to Gardner Minshew when Minshew was a fifth year senior and Heisman finalist. He is getting too much criticism from some, IMO.