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Jaguars Twitter Fired Off Indignant Thread After Gardner Minshew Was Snubbed for Rookie of the Year Honor

By Jerry Trotta

The Jaguars' Twitter account isn't pleased that Gardner Minshew was a Rookie of the Year finalist
The Jaguars' Twitter account isn't pleased that Gardner Minshew was a Rookie of the Year finalist /

On Friday, the NFL (and Pepsi) announced the five finalists for the 2019 Rookie of the Year Award. This year's nominees are 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa, Raiders tailback Josh Jacobs, Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray, Titans wideout AJ Brown, and Eagles running back Miles Sanders.

You could argue that some players were snubbed, but, for the most part, we agree with the five consensus finalists.

The Jaguars, on the other hand, aren't as pleased with the list of finalists. In fact, they took to Twitter in a lengthy thread to purport that their rookie QB Gardner Minshew was wrongfully excluded from contention.

This was just the inception, folks.

Jacksonville's first rebuttal came in the form of claiming that Minshew compiled the most wins among rookie QB's despite playing in just 12 games.

Next up came more glaring figures.

Among rookie gunslingers, Minshew ranked in the top-two in passing yards, passer rating, passing yards per game, and total rushing yards.

The Jags subsequently roasted Pepsi by asserting that Minshew was awarded the Rookie of the Week honor seven times in 2019, while no other first-year player earned the achievement more than once.

Minshew Mania stan or not, you have to admit the math doesn't quite add up there. Pepsi might have some explaining to do.

But that wasn't all Jacksonville had to offer in this harangue.

There's certainly something to be said for showing up in the clutch, and Minshew Mania provided just that. Remember his walk-off win against the Raiders in the final game at the Oakland Coliseum?

But what if we told you that the Washington State product joined the company of Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady in terms of his road success?

Performing well on the road? That's a sheer phenomenon for rookie QBs.

And finally, the Jags played the underdog card, which, of course, holds no value in the eyes of the voters.

It's certainly worth hearing again.

When you dissect the stats, it appears that Minshew was snubbed of the award, but we would be hard-pressed to remove any of the aforementioned finalists.