(04-18-2024, 11:26 AM)cland Wrote:

(04-18-2024, 11:08 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: If he has another sub-par year because the line can't block, the team can't run, and he's broken 4 times again then it should be Baalke who goes. What would likely happen in that case it that Lawrences goes somewhere else for a huge bank and that team becomes a perennial playoff contender. The haters wouldn't be vindicated, they'd be shown to be ignorant.

I agree for the most part, but there has to be some QB accountability at some point.  If the QB goes through 4 seasons with his strongest performance being the 2nd half of the 2nd season, there is something there that is not working.  If you look at Andrew Luck's career, he notoriously had the worst possible Oline, was constantly banged up, but still managed to keep his TD to INT rating reasonable.  Now Lawrence doesn't have to be Luck, but there is a level where you have to decide that the QB isn't elevating his team.

What I see is that he's currently elevating a bad team to 9 wins, and once he got hurt it was all down hill. Everything wrong with this offense starts on the line.  They've made some moves but I don't think it's enough. Deity help him if we have to run Fortner out their again at center this season.

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