(11-30-2021, 08:06 PM)RicoTx Wrote:

(11-30-2021, 07:39 PM)MarleyJag Wrote: This has become legendary but like a lot of legends, it's based mostly on a couple of instances that then got blown out of proportion. The reality is he did get happy feet because of the number of hits he took early on but was a pretty physically tough player. A bigger issue was his inconsistency reading defenses and getting confused, something that he and Lawrence have in common (so far). To his credit, Lawrence seems to be showing more mental toughness.

Are you kidding me?  Nothing got blown out of proportion.  The guy always was worried about getting hit and hearing imaginary footsteps.  I'll have to disagree of your assessment of his 'toughness'.

You're not remembering right but he did have happy feet. Like I said, it was a mental thing and it's hard to blame him, I've never seen a QB get hit as often and as consistently as he seemed to. He did have some genuine injuries but injury has nothing to do with physical toughness. There's a difference between being hurt and being injured.

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(12-01-2021, 08:58 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: The only problem I see Trevor having right now is accuracy issues.  That and him and the WR not on the same page at times.  Trev never folds in the face of pressure, he will stand tall, move around in the pocket or what ever and make the throw while taking the hit whether it's a little off or not, some times being a great throw even when the WR is blanketed.  Blaine wouldn't do those things, he folded when pressure, would leave the pocket early at times because he was scared of the pressure, and had accuracy issues.  Blaine's arm was decent but not as good as Trevs and his deep throw accuracy was horrible.  Just looking at stats to evaluate a player is one of the worst things you can do.

Lawrence hasn't taken the beating that Gabbert did early (thankfully). Before the draft, I was saying that I don't think Lawrence was the prototypical QB model anymore.The league is moving away from the stand-tall traditional pocket passer. That doesn't mean he's not going to be successful but there are reasons (strategy/player talent) why those players have a harder time of it than they had even 10 years ago. To bad we can't clone Mark Brunell, he would fit in well in today's NFL I think.

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