(01-07-2024, 05:09 PM)rpr52121 Wrote: The biggest thing with Trevor is that there are too many big moments/plays where Trevor just does not feel calm in the pocket. It feels like they try to cover that with quick reads and getting ball out early, but it looks more like Trever "predeterminating" where he is going with the ball instead of making the right play.

Some of that can definitely be on IOL pressure, inconsistent WR play, and play calling. Just look at KC who is struggling due to similar issues despite a HoF QB and Coach.

However, Trevor just doesn't have enough of the history of consistently playing great to trust that he can be the  the guy. As much as people are overstating it by calling him Bortles.

The issue though is that this team is not constructed to win without having "the guy" at QB. This is not a franchise run like the 49ers or Ravens in the FO/draft room, and they do not have force-multipliers on the coaching stuff like the LA Rams or 49ers.

Biggest thing of this whole s***storm, is what Trevor thinks. Does he come to the table demanding being treated like Kyler, Herbert, etc.? Or could you convince him to take a David Jones/Cousins like deal? Because the latter deal gives you a few more years without completely hamstringing the team.

Sometimes I read things like your comment and wonder if people understand how playing QB works.

Do you think Trevor gets the ball, takes a couple of steps back, and just randomly looks around to see if he can spot anyone that happened to come open?

He is literally looking at the defensive alignment, diagnosing what they're doing, and then deciding which route that was in the call should be coming open against it, and when.

If he doesn't see that a defender on the back side of the play falls down and a guy is wide open that's normal, he's trying to throw where the design of the play and defense dictates its supposed to go.

Sometimes the guy he expects to come open doesn't, and he'll try to find someone else even if they aren't supposed to come open, but with how bad the offensive line has been all season I'm guessing most of the time he was thinking about how he needed to start running more than anything.

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