Nick Sirianni announces that Gardner Minshew will start at Cowboys – Philadelphia Eagles

Gardner Minshew will start at quarterback for the Eagles in Saturday’s NFC East game against the Dallas Cowboys, Head Coach Nick Sirianni said on Thursday at the NovaCare Complex in his final press conference before kickoff. Sirianni said that Jalen Hurts, the starter all season for the 13-1 Eagles, has made progress rehabbing his right shoulder sprain, but that he isn’t ready to play this week.”Jalen did everything he could to get his body ready to go and at the end of the day, he’s not going to be able to do it,” Sirianni said. “He tried like crazy. I know he still wants to go. Jalen Hurts is the toughest player I’ve ever been around.”Hurts did not participate in the team’s practices on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week while Minshew, after missing Tuesday’s walkthough practice as he attended the funeral of his former college head coach, Mike Leach, took the first-team reps on Wednesday.”Gardner will be our guy and Gardner will be ready. Gardner worked his butt off for this opportunity against a really good football team. Had a great practice yesterday, I think you guys have all heard that, how good a practice he had yesterday, a
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