{"id":32996,"date":"2025-03-14T04:03:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T04:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32996"},"modified":"2025-03-14T04:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T04:03:04","slug":"report-chiefs-sign-former-raiders-qb-gardner-minshew-as-patrick-mahomes-new-backup-%f0%9f%8f%88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32996","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Chiefs Sign Former Raiders QB Gardner Minshew as Patrick Mahomes\u2019 New Backup \ud83c\udfc8"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minshew has played for the Jaguars, Eagles, Colts and Raiders over his 6-year career<\/h2>\n

P<\/a>atrick Mahomes\u00a0enters the 2025 season with another new backup quarterback.<\/p>\n

Gardner Minshew, who started nine games for the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>\u00a0in 2024, signed a one-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n

Minshew signed a two-year, $25 million contract last offseason to battle for the starting role with the Raiders.<\/p>\n

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Quarterback Gardner Minshew of the Las Vegas Raiders warms up before a preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys at Allegiant Stadium Aug. 17, 2024, in Las Vegas.\u00a0(Chris Unger\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

He started the first five games of the season, but after going 2-3, head coach Antonio Pierce went with his backup, Aidan O\u2019Connell, for Week 6 against the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n

Minshew was back starting by Week 8 as the Raiders struggled to put together wins. Then, in Week 12, Minshew broke a collarbone that knocked him out for the rest of the season, leaving the quarterback duties in O\u2019Connell\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n

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Minshew finished the year 2-8 in the 10 games he played, passing for 2,013 yards with nine touchdowns and 10 interceptions.<\/p>\n

However, Minshew has had better seasons in the past, including a Pro Bowl year with the Indianapolis Colts in 2023. He went 7-6 in his 13 starts in place of rookie Anthony Richardson, throwing for a career-high 3,305 yards with 15 touchdowns and nine interceptions.<\/p>\n

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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew (15) aims a pass during the first half against the Miami Dolphins Nov. 17, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla.\u00a0\u00a0(AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

For his six-year career, which began as a Jacksonville Jaguars sixth-round pick in 2019, Minshew is 17-29 over his 46 starts with 11,950 passing yards, 68 touchdowns and 34 interceptions.<\/p>\n

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Last season, Carson Wentz, the former Philadelphia Eagles franchise quarterback, backed up Mahomes in Kansas City. The year before that, it was Chad Henne.<\/p>\n

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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew (15) throws during the first half against the Kansas City Chiefs Oct. 27, 2024, in Las Vegas.\u00a0\u00a0(AP Photo\/John Locher)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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