Chiefs tap Gardner Minshew as Patrick Mahomes' new backup for 2025 season: reports

Patrick Mahomes enters the 2025 play with different caller backup quarterback. 

Gardner Minshew, who started 9 games for the Las Vegas Raiders successful 2024, signed a one-year woody with the Kansas City Chiefs, according to ESPN. 

Minshew signed a two-year, $25 cardinal declaration past offseason to conflict for the starting relation with the Raiders. 

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Quarterback Gardner Minshew of the Las Vegas Raiders warms up earlier a preseason crippled against the Dallas Cowboys astatine Allegiant Stadium Aug. 17, 2024, successful Las Vegas. (Chris Unger/Getty Images)

He started the archetypal 5 games of the season, but aft going 2-3, caput manager Antonio Pierce went with his backup, Aidan O’Connell, for Week 6 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. 

Minshew was backmost starting by Week 8 arsenic the Raiders struggled to enactment unneurotic wins. Then, successful Week 12, Minshew broke a collarbone that knocked him retired for the remainder of the season, leaving the backmost duties successful O’Connell’s hands. 

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Minshew finished the twelvemonth 2-8 successful the 10 games helium played, passing for 2,013 yards with 9 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. 

However, Minshew has had amended seasons successful the past, including a Pro Bowl twelvemonth with the Indianapolis Colts successful 2023. He went 7-6 successful his 13 starts successful spot of rookie Anthony Richardson, throwing for a career-high 3,305 yards with 15 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. 

Las Vegas Raiders backmost Gardner Minshew (15) aims a walk during the archetypal fractional against the Miami Dolphins Nov. 17, 2024, successful Miami Gardens, Fla.  (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

For his six-year career, which began arsenic a Jacksonville Jaguars sixth-round prime successful 2019, Minshew is 17-29 implicit his 46 starts with 11,950 passing yards, 68 touchdowns and 34 interceptions. 

Last season, Carson Wentz, the erstwhile Philadelphia Eagles franchise quarterback, backed up Mahomes successful Kansas City. The twelvemonth earlier that, it was Chad Henne.

Las Vegas Raiders backmost Gardner Minshew (15) throws during the archetypal fractional against the Kansas City Chiefs Oct. 27, 2024, successful Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/John Locher)

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The Chiefs anticipation Minshew doesn’t person to measurement into a starting relation since it would mean Mahomes would beryllium dealing with an injury. 

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