One of many perks of being knowledgeable athlete is gaining access to folks you wouldn’t usually get entry to, even when it’s just for a quick second.
For a lot of athletes, which means assembly fellow celebrities, whereas for others, it means assembly world leaders, which one Professional Bowl quarterback was just lately in a position to do forward of his group’s final preseason sport.
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Gardner Minshew just lately took a photograph with former President Donald Trump and spent a while with the present Republican Celebration candidate for the 2024 election.
🚨BREAKING: #Raiders Professional Bowl beginning quarterback Gardner Minshew frolicked assembly with former President Donald Trump yesterday in Las Vegas. pic.twitter.com/tZyHw6qgJu
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) August 23, 2024
Minshew and Trump had been each smiling and giving a thumbs up throughout some downtime earlier than the Raiders’ 24-24 tie within the preseason finale on Friday.
Minshew had slightly additional time on his fingers since he didn’t play within the closing preseason sport and wrapped up his preseason at 16-for-33 passing for 212 yards en path to successful the Week 1 beginning gig over second-year QB Aidan O’Connell.
After spending years as one of many league’s greatest backups, the Raiders gave Minshew a 2-year, $25 million deal this offseason, which signaled he can be the starter since that’s some huge cash to pay a backup.
That being mentioned, the Raiders additionally gave Jimmy Garoppolo a 3-year, $72.7 million contract previous to final season, and he lasted simply seven video games earlier than being benched and in the end minimize.
Minshew crammed in admirably for Anthony Richardson final season when the Indianapolis Colts discovered themselves in a pickle after their star rookie went down for the season, and he’ll now be tasked with main the Raiders out of obscurity following one other tough season.
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