God bless Gardner Minshew.
It’s been a long, long time since the Raiders had swagger at their quarterback position — but no fans expected this kind of swag from Gardner Minshew. It’s photo week around the NFL, and when the studio lights came on the QB didn’t disappoint.
This shoot had a little of everything. Well, it’s more like it had a lot of one, specific, dirtbag (but in a charming way) kind of thing.
Superhero Gardner Minshew ready to save the Las Vegas Raiders from mediocrity
Uncle Rico Gardner Minshew, who I’m pretty sure can throw a football over a mountain if he wanted to
Pro Wrestler Garnder Minshew who is ready to go one-on-one with The Undertaker in a steel cage
The Gardner Minshew who got called to school for a conference with the principal because you and your friends got caught smoking cigarettes under the bleachers during fourth period
Is it just me or does the entire NFL just feel more fun this year? Around the league teams are letting players be themselves more, and throwing aside the stuffy, boring sanitized normality and letting players be their brilliant, weird selves.