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Jaguars’ Marrone spoke to Gardner Minshew II about not reporting thumb injury

Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew II will be missing his first career game this weekend against the Houston Texans due to a thumb injury. In his place will be rookie sixth-round pick, Jake Luton. However, when and how the injury occurred has been the topic of discussion surrounding and within the Jaguars organization.

On Monday, Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone was asked about the timing of the injury, when Minshew first reported it and how long it took for that report to originally occur. According to Marrone, Minshew’s thumb injury was first brought to his attention on Sunday, Oct.