JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Mike Glennon will start as a Jacksonville Jaguars defender against the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
Coach Doug Marrone had Glennon and Gardner Minshew split the representatives of the first team throughout the week before deciding to go with the eight-year veteran to break the franchise record in 13 consecutive games.
Glennon’s fourth start to the season will be against one of his four former teams.
Glennon completed 61% of his passes for 600 yards and three touchdowns, with three interceptions in defeats to Cleveland, Minnesota and Tennessee. Marrone eliminated Glennon in the third quarter of the Jaguars’ 31-10 loss to Tennessee, and Minshew ended the game and started last week’s loss in Baltimore.
Minshew completed 22 of 29 passes for 229 yards and two touchdowns in a 40-14 loss to the Ravens. He was also fired five times, including one for security reasons, and Marrone opened the competition this week.
“I never participated in any training competition in the week of a game,” said Glennon earlier this week. “It is definitely unique, but we just have to do our job and that is to go out there and play the best we can and leave those decisions to the decision makers. It is a unique situation. It has been a unique year. A lot has come up this year that I don’t think any of us predicted. “
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 being replaced by newcomer Mitchell Trubisky, who the Bears recruited with the second overall choice.