This bit of literary diarrhea is from Chris Simms, who should know better.

https://nypost.com/2021/03/24/chris-simm...fXrzTbrvJk

When most of these same media talking heads were trying to shove Tim Tebow down our throats, their rationale was driven mostly by the fact that he's a local kid, a god like figure here in Jacksonville, and he'll put butts in the seats. Indeed, I have had the misfortune of meeting people who would have bought season tickets to see him on the bench here.  Never mind the fact he couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. Just get Tebow in Jacksonville. Now that the Jaguars are about to get who most pundits deem a "generational" QB, Simms chimes in with this drivel. But where was he chiming in against this brains in the butt...err...butts in the seats rationale being imposed on us from the outside?

Under his logic, Mac Jones, also deemed a first round QB by most, isn't from Georgia. He's from Jacksonville! I know I never HEARD of Lawrence's hometown until this year, and though I have spectacular and unfortunate levels of ignorance on many subjects, I know can't be alone in this. If anyone would have been used under this rationale, it's Mac Jones, who just won the National championship with Alabama and was a Hiesman candidate.

What Simms is conveniently forgetting is Trevor Lawrence has a stronger resume than any of the other projected first round candidates.  He has started thirty six (36) games in college, finishing with a 34-2 record.  Wilson has, at most, thirty starts, and let's just say he wasn't 34-2 with a national championship.  Justin Fields  has maybe twenty two games as a starter and while he wound up 1-1 vs. Trevor Lawrence and made the postseason twice, he has no national championships to his credit.  Trey Lance has one season and one game as a starter.  The one full season was back in 2019.

Those accomplishments, combined with his considerable physical attributes (prototypical size, considerable athletic ability, intangibles, arm talent) has made the overwhelming majority of pundits and observers label him the best prospect since Andrew Luck, with some saying he's he best since Elway.  For Simms to even suggest that selling tickets is the fuel for the interest in Trevor Lawrence is an insult to Lawrence, the Jaguars, and football fans everywhere.

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