{"id":220969,"date":"2025-03-13T18:32:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=220969"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T22:33:20","slug":"pro-bowl-quarterback-signs-contract-with-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/03\/13\/pro-bowl-quarterback-signs-contract-with-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Bowl Quarterback Signs Contract With Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six-year veteran quarterback Gardner Minshew signed a new contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. Minshew, a former sixth-round pick, spent the 2024 season with the Las Vegas Raiders but also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles, and Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Chiefs<\/a> are signing former <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Raiders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Raiders<\/a> starter Gardner Minshew as their backup QB to Patrick Mahomes, per me and <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TomPelissero<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a 1-year deal for Minshew, who still has guaranteed money coming from Las Vegas. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/puz743PXOg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/puz743PXOg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1900304328356741391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Gardner Minshew, Chiefs, Agree to Contract<\/h2>\n<p>After nearly leading the Indianapolis Colts to the playoffs in 2023, Gardner Minshew signed with the Las Vegas Raiders to compete with former fifth-round pick Aidan O&#8217;Connell for the starting job. While he started the season under center, Minshew couldn&#8217;t bring his magic to the desert. Starting in nine games while making 10 appearances, the veteran completed 66.3% of his passes for 2,013 yards, nine touchdowns, and 10 interceptions. The Raiders went 2-7 in his starts and fired head coach Antonio Pierce after the dismal season.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner Minshew originally entered the league as a sixth-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. Selected by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_self\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, the Washington State product began his career behind former Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles. However, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2019\/09\/08\/jaguars-qb-nick-foles-suffers-broken-collarbone-surgery-set-for-monday\/3459357007\/#:~:text=Foles%20suffered%20a%20broken%20left,no%20timetable%20on%20his%20return.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foles suffered an injury<\/a> during the first week of the 2019 season, opening the door for Minshew to start. The rookie made the most of his opportunity, completing 60.6% of his passes for 3,271 yards, 21 touchdowns, and six interceptions. While Jacksonville missed the playoffs, this strong performance allowed him to keep the starting job in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Minshew couldn&#8217;t build on his impressive debut. While he was far from the biggest problem with the 2020 Jacksonville Jaguars, he only played in nine games while completing 66.1% of his passes for 2,259 yards, 16 touchdowns, and five interceptions. The Jaguars finished the season with the first-overall pick and selected Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Jacksonville later traded Minshew to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/eagles\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> and spent two seasons backing up Jalen Hurts.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner Minshew continued his journey across the NFL in 2023, signing a one-year contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/colts\" target=\"_self\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>. Brought on to support rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson, Minshew ended up being the primary starter thanks to a series of injuries. He played reasonably well, completing 62.2% of his passes for 3,305 yards, 15 touchdowns, and nine interceptions while coming one dropped pass away from a postseason appearance.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Kirby Lee &#8211; Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran quarterback Gardner Minshew signed a new contract following a relatively disappointing season with the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":220970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,16,17],"tags":[7811,4810,7399,246],"class_list":["post-220969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-chiefs","category-raiders","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-gardner-minshew","tag-las-vegas-raiders-news","tag-nfl-news"],"modified_by":"Drew Crabtree","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220969"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222637,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220969\/revisions\/222637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}