Chargers vs Jaguars Game Day Newsletter 8 Dec 8 Chargers_Digital | Page 15

“It was kind of dead, and I wanted to get things going
and made the switch at quarterback,” Head Coach Doug
Marrone said after the game. “I told Nick [Foles] coming
in, as soon as I got in there at halftime, I spoke to him.
We got everything ready for Gardner. week. “It’s a trial and the trials keep coming. Again, it’s
not easy, but I know where my heart and faith is and
where I’m going to lean on in this time like I always do
during the good and bad. You never want to go through
it.”
“The ball was on the one-yard line and those are the
times where you’ve got to be able to score and we
weren’t able to do that and wound up turning the ball
over there. It was an opportunity to get us back within
one score, which would have been great to see what
would have happened, but we didn’t give ourselves the
opportunity.” Minshew said that his relationship with Foles has not
changed since the decision to return Foles to the lineup.
For Marrone, the answer is not as simple as a one-
person change in the lineup.
“It sounds like these past couple of weeks, we haven’t
given ourselves the opportunity to win a football game,”
Marrone said. “When I look at that, it’s easy to look at
one person and if one person were switched, but right
now, none of us are doing a good enough job.”
After signing a free-agent contract in March, Foles
started the season opener against the Kansas City
Chiefs but suffered a fractured clavicle on the 11th play
of the season and missed the next eight weeks. Foles
has now made three starts since returning, but the
offense has struggled to fi nd consistency. The latest
was last week’s fi rst-half issues.
“This is not an easy game and it’s a tough situation, but
I’ll continue to put one foot in front of the other and keep
moving,” Foles said in the postgame locker room last
“We’re all in this together,” Minshew said. “When he’s
out on the fi eld, I’m there with him. When I’m out on the
fi eld, he’s there with me. We’re all battling this together;
we’re all trying to fi gure out what we have to do to get
this thing turned around.”
The rookie quarterback also explained how the
coaching staff has added some practice drills to keep
Minshew fresh. Most backup quarterbacks do not get
any practice reps outside of scout-team work.
“They did an extra 7-on-7 period for me, which was
awesome,” Minshew said. “They didn’t have to do that.
I’m super appreciative of the reps they’ve been giving
me to help keep me ready and be as ready as possible.”
Foles continues to maintain a positive outlook on a
bleak situation for the 2019 Jaguars team.
“It’s diffi cult, but I will look at the bright things and
continue to keep my head held high,” Foles said.
“Continue to keep moving forward.”
Moving forward means today’s game against the
Chargers, and Minshew explained what the Jaguars