(02-01-2024, 08:34 AM)SuperJville Wrote:

(02-01-2024, 08:27 AM)imtheblkranger Wrote: Trevor literally had 16 TDs dropped and then was injured for the last 6 games. Allen was healthy behind a good OL.

Look at it however you want, but what I see is a guy just as good as those top guys who took a beating due to mismanagement of his OL and tried to play through injuries that clearly affected his ability. I have zero doubts on Trevor. Does he have things to clean up? Sure. They all do.

How many TDs did Allen have dropped? Oh that’s right - you don’t know. Apparently Trevor is the only person that has dropped touchdowns. Also, plenty of those “dropped touchdowns” were high and basically out of bounds. You counting all those as “dropped” touchdowns shows me that you’re not looking at any of this objectively.

This is fair. Allen had some monster TD's dropped or missed due to bad routes. Including the loss to the Eagles and the play off loss to the Chiefs. 

I kind of agree with the assessment of Lawrence and Allen being similar and then again, I struggle with it. For a number of reasons. 

1. Allen is a linebacker playing quarterback. I wish Lawrence had that guys frame and mobility. Lawrence has some mobility to him but it's just not his style to be like Allen in that regard. The arm talent is there for both of them but Allen has the stronger arm in my opinion while Lawrence may honestly have the faster arm if that makes sense. 

2. They're both turnover prone, however, Allen is more like Merrill Hess from the movie Signs. Allen may strikeout a lot but he also throws or scores a [BLEEP] TON of TD's. Lawrence doesn't possess this trait yet. Mostly due to lack of time and a running game that has to be respected. Lawrence essentially barely breaks even in the TD to Turnover column. 

Trying my best not to get into this [BLEEP] for tat nonsense though. I still think Lawrence is a combination of Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers & Matt Ryan. He's a pocket passer that can sometimes get outside the pocket and make some really big plays with his ability to throw on the run or throw off schedule and then there's a little bit of mobility to his game that Rodgers had. 

We'll see what happens in 2024. Hopefully Baalke and Pederson do the right thing and beef up the interior of the offensive line and potentially change the way they use the running game in general. Maybe they need to get into a more power approach and new mantra because the ZBS has been BS two years in a row.

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