(10-15-2022, 11:38 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote: I see many criticizing Lawrence's last game and no, it wasn't good but was it THAT bad?  He had 286 passing yards.  That would be a career high for Trey Lance and with one exception each, it would be a career high for Zach Wilson and Justin Fields as well.  Even Mac Jones, who has the GOAT as a HC, it would be a top 5 passing yards performance for him.  

Yes, he had 2 interceptions but 1 was a Heil Mary while not even being at mid field.  I tried to look up the stats.  While I couldn't find anything recent  I found a study from a few years ago.  It found that over an eight year period, only 1 Heil Mary from between 50 and 59 yards (which is what Lawrence faced) resulted in a touchdown.  20 resulted in interceptions.  Gee, let's crucify him for that interception.  

Yes, the other interception was bad, but that's one mistake and some people are advocating using a first rounder to draft a replacement?  He's a young player that is only 2 games removed from being  an AFC player of the week.  Please.

Exactly, it wasn't great, but it wasn't THAT bad either. He missed a couple throws and made a terrible decision on that 1st INT. He knows that and he'll learn from it. He also made some great throws in the game that the people bashing him just magically ignore. Some people are just hyper focused on that 1st INT and don't want to acknowledge the whole game. They'll ignore all the positives he shows and only harp on the very few negatives.

Yes you have to score points to win the games, but you can't score if you don't move the ball between the 20s. They did that easily on Sunday and mostly have all season long so far. Moving the ball between the 20s is where this franchised/Offense has struggled for YEARS. So many three and outs in the past that have plagued this franchise/team.

It's not easy to consistently put together 8, 9, 10+ play drives and this Offense has been doing just that. Yes, they must get better in the red zone, but they're moving the ball even with a lack of big down field chunk yardage plays. That is difficult to do.

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