He lights it up another few weeks, do you pull him for Jimmy or ride the hot hand?
Here's the plan:
If you look at our schedule we have:
Eagles, Dolphins.....then.....Rams, Patriots, Seahawks, Packers, Saints, then bye week
The Eagles & Dolphins are not really a good team
We should win regardless, if its Jimmy or Nick playing
So basically, this is an audition for Nick
If Nick lights it up:
At the very least, he increases his trade value!!!
So if we decide to keep Jimmy, then we can trade Nick for a 2nd rounder or maybe even a 1st rounder
Or option #2 will be to trade or cut Jimmy (Jimmys contract is team friendly)
So here's the thing, Shannahan does not have to make a decision right now
Shanny can just let it play out, & let Nick start in the Eagles & Dolphins game
Just keep using the excuse that "Jimmy still needs extra time to heel"
After the Dolphins is when our schedule gets tougher, because we have division games + playoff teams
So after the Dolphins game is when Shannahan has to make the serious decision
1) Will Shannahan do like Jim Harbaugh and say "Lets roll with the hot hand"
OR
2) Will Shannahan put Jimmy back in the game to redeem himself, one last time
Because some coaches have a rule that supposedly "a starter can't lose their job to injury"
A lot is going to come down to how well Nick plays these next 2 games
Because even if Nick plays well, the media & the fans won't give him true respect until.....he beats the teams that Jimmy beat last year
Seahawks, Rams, Packers, Saints
Things are going to be interesting
Especially since the Eagles game is a Sunday night 8:00pm game, so everyone will be watching !!!