The former Las Vegas Raiders quarterback is signing a one-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported on Thursday.

Brought in as competition for Aidan O’Connell, Minshew won the job out of Raiders training camp and encountered a tumultuous 2024 campaign in which he was benched on multiple occasions before a collarbone injury ended his season. After playing relatively clean football in Indianapolis a year earlier, Minshew couldn’t avoid the crushing mistakes in Las Vegas, finishing with a 9-10 TD-INT ratio in 10 games (nine starts).

Minshew has established himself as a mercenary quarterback, spending each of the last three seasons with three different clubs: Philadelphia (2022), Indianapolis (2023) and Las Vegas (2024). He’ll remain in the same division in 2025, switching sides in the Chiefs-Raiders rivalry in order to become Patrick Mahomes’ backup.

The role typically doesn’t see much action. Carson Wentz appeared in three games in 2024, making just one start in Kansas City’s largely meaningless Week 18 game at Denver. A year earlier, Blaine Gabbert made two appearances, including one start.

Minshew’s career began in Jacksonville, where he emerged as an intriguing prospect in 2019 before the Jaguars’ plunge to the bottom of the NFL standings in 2020 lined them up to select Trevor Lawrence, prompting Jacksonville to trade Minshew to Philadelphia. He spent two years there behind Jalen Hurts before moving onto Indianapolis — where he filled in for the injured Anthony Richardson and kept the Colts competitive in 2023 — and then taking a chance with the Raiders.

He won’t find the same camp battle he encountered last season, but that’s fine. At this point in his career, Minshew could benefit from spending a season under the direction of Andy Reid. And if Mahomes has to miss time, the Chiefs know they have a gritty backup who can keep them afloat if needed.