(03-08-2021, 11:21 AM)Tank Commander Wrote:

(03-08-2021, 09:51 AM)Mikey Wrote: Where did I say it was?
My point was that I am not going to require a player to become a statue, nor am I going to panic over the sky falling because my QB is out of the pocket. Injuries happen every flipping where on the field. If his mobility is part of the package that makes him the top pick, why wouldn't you use it? Not saying we need QB sweep in the playbook, but rollouts, scrambles, etc. should be fair game if he is capable of executing them.

...or are you just trying to be a contrarian again? The whole notion you voiced was that he should be in the pocket because everyone who scrambles gets hurt while running. Plenty of guys get hurt standing in the pocket, too.

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....are you saying TLaw is getting a buzzcut?

THE HORROR

I don't think you get it.
There's a difference between using your mobility to extend plays and avoid getting sacked and using it to gain yards on the ground.

Rodgers is a prime example. Fairly mobile but uses his mobility only to buy time and is always looking down field for an open man. Running for yardage is only used as a last resort when there is nobody around.

As opposed to a QB who is actively looking to gain yardage running like Cam Newton.


Dabo started using Lawrence as a dual threat QB in his sophomore (especially) and junior seasons.
I thought this was a mistake as it can lead to serious injury.
In the national championship game alone against LSU, Lawrence started running and got rocked and fumbled at least once, maybe twice.
It's just not worth the risk with such a generational talent.
Trevor's already suffered a torn labrum. You want your QB to take as little hits as possible to avoid major injury, wear and tear and improve longevity.

You don't want a Carson Wentz (a similar tall, but lanky/skinny QB) deer in the headlights/PTSD situation after he was mismanged and got destroyed running for a touchdown and subsequent ACL injury and decline in production.

The funny thing is, I do get it. I just don't waste bandwidth building a thread to decry something that likely isn't going to be a big (if existent at all) part of our offense. You're the one who dug heels into the sand when level headed posters here noted that players can (and do) get hurt standing in the pocket equally as those who scramble. Injuries are going to happen. I ain't gonna drive up my BP over the playbook, but you do you.

So, in other words, blank #2.

Do you honestly believe that we are going to be running TLaw on designed runs more than 1-2 times a game?

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(03-08-2021, 11:31 AM)RicoTx Wrote:

(03-08-2021, 11:28 AM)Tank Commander Wrote: He lost his confidence and mobility (elite 3 cone 6.86, good 40 4.77 for a 6-7 giant) after the ACL he suffered running for a touchdown.
Hasn't been the same since and now has PTSD.

It's still uncertain whether he will ever be able to turn it around with the Colts.
And this guy was a top 2 pick who was having an NFL MVP season pre injury.

You really make some BAD points and you are so [BLEEP] wrong about Wentz it's absurd.  He hurt his knee in 2017, had very good years in 2018 and 2019, yet somehow this supposed PTSD is related to a four year old knee injury.  Dumb.

To imagine that tawmy ever stood in the pocket again after Bernard Pollard destroyed his knee. I mean, he never accomplished anything after that, right?

Maybe Wentz just needs to grow a mane of luscious locks and he will return to his elite form.

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