(08-14-2022, 12:52 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(08-14-2022, 12:31 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Not only that, but generational talent does not mean, nor has it ever meant every throw is perfect or flawless.

In talking about this overthrow, we are discussing one throw in twelve.  We are talking two in twelve if we add in the missed corner route in the end zone.

ChrisJagBoy has harped on the number of INTs Lawrence threw in his rookie year (17).

While that certainly was not ideal, it's also far from the worst a QB could muster.

Brett Favre had SEVEN (7) seasons with at least 18 or more INTs, and he managed a pretty good career.  https://www.pro-football-reference.com/p...vrBr00.htm

Peyton Manning had FIVE (5)  such seasons https://www.pro-football-reference.com/p...nnPe00.htm

Piggybacking on this INT narrative a bit. 

When a rookie QB is forced to operate from a playbook not suited to his strength and stage of development, and is playing from behind early and often in nearly every game, and is subsequently forced to take shots to come back on the scoreboard, this INT number appears less and less egregious. 

Context is SOOOO important when evaluating his rookie year. 
The kid was in a near impossible situation. 

This is the last time I'll post this, but I feel it's a very revealing subset of stats and folks are ignoring it to a degree.
I think the tweet below demonstrates TL's effectiveness/efficiency potential when he's not being asked to do too much, and I think he now has a staff around him that sees and understands this. 

https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status...9Us5B1Wr9w

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https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status...9Us5B1Wr9w


I don't worry about or espouse the "generational talent" thing. I don't care about that. It was always speculation.
I'm just trying to analyze what I'm seeing from this kid with a measured amount of offset applied due to the perfect storm of failure he was operating in last year. If that is "blind homerism" to some, so be it. But I feel like I'm being mildly optimistic at best.

I hate the term 'generational talent'. It's doomed more than one potentially great QB from the get-go. Sort of like a musician being called the next Dylan or the next Miles Davis or the next Prince. Thankfully, he seems to have the temperament to be able to shut off all that noise and just grow as a player into whatever he's destined to become.

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