(12-20-2021, 08:20 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(12-20-2021, 08:09 PM)rfc17 Wrote: I still find it hard to tell how much of him struggling is truly him, how much is the surrounding talent, how much of it is the coaching, etc...  Most would agree his big issue is consistency with accuracy.  He'll have one drive where every throw you need to hit a guy on the move is right on the money.  And the next drive he'll have a poorly thrown ball that essentially kills a drive.  Since there is no big play ability and every scoring drive seems to require us methodically moving down the field, every single throw has to be right on the money because one missed 2nd and 10 pass is basically a drive killer.  Whereas you'll see other QBs miss a similar throw but their offense is able to overcome it on 3rd and long.  While our offense is seemingly incapable.  His margin of error is much smaller and I think that exacerbates the issue.

The real bummer of it all is he was really progressing until we hit the bye.  After the Dolphins game, he seemed clearly better than the rest of the rookie QBs.  But ever since then it's been a disaster.  Just recently I came across a video of his highlights through the first 6 weeks of the season and I don't recall any passes the last two months as good as what was on that video.  Obviously we have no one capable of replicating that deep Chark TD.  But some of those throws to the corner of endzones.  Hitting guys on deep corner routes.  Bullets down the seam.  These passes just don't exist anymore in our arsenal.  But he was routinely hitting them before.  Obviously his confidence looks really shook.  And I think that bleeds into the accuracy.  That really awful 3rd down miss yesterday when it was still a one score came and he short hopped it.  Admittedly the way the ball came out it almost looked like he lost his grip on a wet ball.  But in addition he didnt set his feet but he looked like he should have been able to.  He often times looks rushed in his delivery (if pressure or not), doesnt look comfortable, and the mechanics seem to be fading. 

I really want this season to end asap just to get it over with and to avoid any kind of injury that would set back his development in the offseason.  But on the otherhand I also want to see him have one really good game to finish the year with some confidence and something to build on.

It’s a combination of so many factors it’s truly a worst case scenario for a rookie QB.

Average to below average line. Horrific coaching. Bad game planning. No playmakers. WRs who have depth issues and lack separation skills. SO MANY DROPS. Coaches refusal to keep good skill players on the field (JRob). 

Add it all up and it’s a recipe for poor performances by a rookie QB. Now he’s not without his own faults. He does have accuracy issues at times. He’s still working on processing plays at a quick NFL level. 

I think next season will be a tremendous turnaround for Lawrence and the offense. Heavy in FA and the draft for talent.