I liked Josh Allen from day one. Which is crazy because I really felt like the kid wasn't going to amount to much in the NFL. He played with a lot of reckless abandon. He really reminds me of a bigger and faster version of Brett Favre. I really enjoy the way that kid plays football. Same with Patrick Mahomes.

The good news for Trevor is that he's in a similar situation going into year two. He can build on his TD:INT ratio, he can get his accuracy up, he can really have more fun in this offense with Pederson. I really think Lawrence was SEVERELY handcuffed last year with Urban Miller in the building. From the beginning, just taking training camp snaps away from him was a mistake. There was no structure. Always drama and tension within the building. It was just a [BLEEP] show.

Josh at least had McDermott from the beginning up there in Buffalo and it enabled him to have some stability. I think Lawrence has all the tools and skills in the world to be as good as anybody. He just has to click with Pederson and they have to keep building around him to elevate his play.

Wouldn't surprise me if this team sneaks into the play-off's. Hear me now. Believe me later. There's a lot of good things to like with him essentially getting back into an RPO style of offense. Pederson is going to play to Lawrence's strengths. Rather than have him sit back in the pocket like a wounded duck with no real game plan just to get lit up 40, 50 pass attempts.

I expect more running out of Lawrence this year and more freedom to create.

---