JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Mike Glennon will start on Sunday as the quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars against the Chicago Bears.
Coach Doug Marrone had Glennon and Gardner Minshew split the first-team reruns during the week before deciding to team up with the eight-year veteran to try and hit a franchise record of 13 games.
Glennon’s fourth start to the season will come against one of his four former teams.
Glennon has completed 61% of his passes for 600 yards and three touchdowns with three interceptions in losses against Cleveland, Minnesota and Tennessee. Marrone put Glennon on the bench in the third quarter of the Jaguars’ 31-10 defeat to Tennessee, and Minshew finished the game and started last week’s defeat in Baltimore.
Minshew completed 22 of 29 passes for 229 yards and two touchdowns in a loss of 40-14 to the Ravens. He was also fired five times, including one for safety, and Marrone opened the game this week.
“I’ve never competed in a race in the week of a race,” Glennon said earlier this week. “It’s absolutely unique, but we just have to do our job and that’s to play to the best of our ability and leave those decisions to the decision makers. It’s a unique situation. It’s been a unique year. This has been a lot. years that I don’t think any of us saw coming. “
Prior to this season, Glennon’s last start was on September 28, 2017, when he was with Chicago. He started the first four games of that season before coming on the bench for rookie Mitchell Trubisky, who was drafted by the Bears with the second overall pick.