(10-12-2022, 11:25 PM)Eric1 Wrote:

(10-12-2022, 10:52 PM)Caldrac Wrote: He had nearly 1,000 yards rushing and 18 rushing TD's at Clemson in 3 years. 2019 he had nearly 600 yards rushing with 9 TD's. He's a long strider at 6'6. When he gets going though he can make up some yards.

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And everybody is better/faster in the NFL than in college.

Like I said, he can run, but he was never touted as a running QB. That's not his game.

Mahomes had 308 rushes for 845 yards and 22 TD over 3 years in College, do you considering him to be a running QB? While yes he can run and does, that's not his main game.

I'd agree that I'd like to see Lawrence use his legs a little more at times, but I also don't want him to take a bunch of extra hits in doing so. He might be 6'6, but he isn't 250 pounds like Josh Allen is.

Guys like Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, Russell Wilson etc are running QBs.

(10-13-2022, 08:29 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(10-12-2022, 10:52 PM)Caldrac Wrote: He had nearly 1,000 yards rushing and 18 rushing TD's at Clemson in 3 years. 2019 he had nearly 600 yards rushing with 9 TD's. He's a long strider at 6'6. When he gets going though he can make up some yards.

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The Jags aren't scheduling games against Bees Tech, Syrupcubes, or Directional State Annex School of Mines.

Would be nice if we could though.

That doesn't mean he can't do it. I don't think anybody is expecting him to break tackles like Josh Allen or make it a routine habit of running for 50, 60, 70 yards a game. Just play better and be looking for opportunities to make it happen. Aaron Rodgers did this. Andrew Luck did this. Mark Brunell did it here, etc. 

However, you can go back and look at a handful of games this year, especially closer to the red zone (INT in the end zone this past Sunday for example) and see that he's had opportunities to pick-up easy yardage with his legs. Again, much like this highlight reel I posted last night. There's similar situations that come up where he can pull this off. 

You could make the argument that he's probably left maybe 2, 3 rushing TD's off his stat sheet this year where he could have tucked it and made a run for it. Am I expecting him to break off a 50 yard run like he did against Ohio St. in that Championship game? No. 

If it's inside the red zone though and 15, 20 yards out? And the defense is not paying attention completely? And there's free real estate? He needs to take it.

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