(10-13-2022, 01:10 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

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

He is a pocket passer. Not a runner. It's what he does. All this guy has done is win on the football field his entire life.  I want to say he lost like 5-6 games his entire high school and college career. He has shown the ability to flourish in big time, pressure games in college.

To me when I look at Trevor NFL and not college.... he lacks confidence. I have watched a lot of him.  

Bad throws and incompletions severely affect his in-game consistency; he gets 'down' almost immediately. 

In the NFL, you can't recover from a bad play so easily - the defense gets a read on you and they'll tighten up. You don't get an 'open' guy. 

Lawrence looks the part and has the skills, but he's gotta find a way to manage the nerves and maintain consistency. His problem is between the ears. Can he get there? Who knows. 

Maybe I'm harsh, but if I'm being honest, you either have 'it' or you don't. One shouldn't have to make excuses for a quarterback, the good ones always hit the ground running.

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