(10-13-2022, 09:18 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

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

Lawrence routinely turns down easy 5-10 yard gains with his legs and with check downs because he's looking for the hero ball. 

regarding the scrambling - I thunk he's being advised against it and listening

regarding the check downs - I believe coaching him to tale the easy out more quickly is a work in progress with this staff
 - the alarm in his head hasn't been programmed to go off soon enough yet - he can still work this out. He's 5 games in with a competent staff. 

Yes, having your QB want the deeper play is a good problem, but he has to learn how to make that quick decision to bail on it and live to fight another series of downs when it's not there. 

This seems like very standard young QB learning curve stuff to me.

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