(12-26-2021, 11:45 PM)rpr52121 Wrote:

(12-26-2021, 09:14 PM)jaguarmvp Wrote: Taken from https://www.nfl.com/news/2021-nfl-season...ay-s-games

1.  What is wrong with Trevor Lawrence? Rookie quarterback seasons come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and involve too many variables beyond a signal-caller's control to draw any sweeping conclusions before Year 1 is over. Even the biggest cynic of Lawrence, however, must be surprised with how much he's struggled. Lawrence failed to throw a touchdown for the fourth game in a row and the seventh time in eight contests. The 2021 No. 1 overall pick did manage to lead three scoring drives of 70-plus yards and guided the offense 74 yards in the final minute, thanks in part to a 26-yard scramble, only for things to stall at the 1-yard line. While he flashed the sterling physical tools, he often wasn't poised or careful with the football. He also hasn't been particularly accurate this year. These are all areas in which he excelled at Clemson. That's concerning, and it goes beyond subpar pass protection and receiver play. A date with one of the worst defenses in the league was a prime opportunity to demonstrate growth, but Lawrence appears to be regressing.

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I see what it is.  Could he improve?  Sure?  Will he?  Nobody can say.  I see the product on the field and it's real bad.

I think the detractors though are interpreting that the majority of the board is absolving Lawrence of any or most of the blame for the team this year. I don't think that is the case.

I seen many of the posts that have acknowledged that Lawrence has regress some over the course of the season and didn't live up to even some of our expectations, mine included.

However, many of the skeptics have gone the complete other way to say he most like or even definitely a bust, which is way too far.

Given what has already come out about Urban's reign, it may have been one of the worst of all time as more stories are revealed. So we have no idea what an even slightly average or below average coaching staff would have done with a Lawrence rookie season.

On top of that, motivated and smart players often improve their games, something one would expect from a player who was so highly regarded, scouted and under a microscope since high school. If he was not that type of guy with that type of mindset, do you really thing nearly everyone would have considered him a definite elite QB prospect? 

This is more of a glass half-full/half empty situation, and I think most of us recognize that.

I can agree with most of that.   I state that he has played poorly and get attacked often.  Notice I'm never attacking anyone praising his play. 

One point that most can agree with is that he has not lived up to anywhere close to what the media/scouts made him out to be.  As I stated before he has a mountain to climb to be considered a good QB.  He has many faults in his game.  Burrow looked light years ahead of Lawrence in his rookie season.   Bad play design and preperation can be blamed on coaches.   Horrible game losing decisions are flat out missing way too many high percentage passes you have to blame the QB.  Even the announcers mentioned Lawrence accuracy struggles today.  Some of the his completions should of been for much more yards but the receivers have to work way too hard to get some of his errand throws.

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