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At 1-6, Gardner Minshew is out indefinitely with a thumb injury, and the Jaguars will turn to sixth-round pick Jake Luton. They're well-positioned for a shot at 1-15 with what would be an impressive 15 straight losses to end the season, but Jacksonville needs some help from the Jets to earn the top overall pick.

It will be rookie Jake Luton at quarterback. He has a big arm, which Gardner Minshew does not. But don't win any games to ruin the chance to get one of the top quarterbacks in the draft.

Enter sixth-round rookie QB Jake Luton, who comes to Jacksonville via Idaho and Oregon State. He posted nifty 28-3 TD-to-INT ratio as senior for Beavers.

Reason for optimism: RB James Robinson

Robinson has been the Jaguars' best offensive player, which certainly validates the franchise's decision to cut Leonard Fournette less than two weeks before the season began. Robinson, an undrafted free agent from Illinois State, is on pace to rush for 1,099 yards, which would make him just the fourth player in franchise history to surpass 1,000 yards in a season. (Fred Taylor, Maurice Jones-Drew and Fournette are the others.) That also would be the second-highest rushing total by a rookie in franchise history. -- Mike DiRocco

Forget Minshewmania -- it's time for Lutonity. (OK, we'll workshop that one.) Gardner Minshew has a small break and a strained ligament in this right thumb, injuries that provide Doug Marrone cover to move away from his starter, whose numbers have been better than his actual performance this season. Sixth-round rookie Jake Luton is essentially Minshew Pt. II -- an intriguing late-round draft pick coming off a spunky college career. This is like when Dirk Diggler was replaced by Johnny Doe in Boogie Nights.