(06-05-2024, 09:51 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(06-05-2024, 09:36 AM)Cleatwood Wrote: Elevate the team around him? You don't think he's doing that?

Engram, Kirk, Zay... All had career years with him. Without Trevor, this is a bottom 5 team. The roster isn't that good overall. 

He's 24. Took a team that had the #1 pick in back to back seasons to a playoff win. Overcame the worst coaching situation in the history of the NFL in his rookie year. He's so much better than you're giving him credit for.

He's for sure elevated his team, in spurts. The true test was last year down the hardest stretch of their schedule when they had to play the 49ers at home, then the Ravens and Browns, or something like that. Too lazy and sorry to look up the schedule. 

He essentially faced the top three defenses in three consecutive weeks (probably technically faced the number one or number two best defense more than once with everything splitting hairs week to week). 

Nobody is denying he's good. I clearly stated that I believe in the kid. He's just a little wild and reckless with the football at times, hence, the "Sunshine Brett Favre" nickname I gave him last year or the year before. 

He's got an arm, man, it's obvious. He's got a gunslinger mentality. That too, is obvious. The turnovers are there though, it's lingered for the past few years. He reminds me a lot of a young Brett Favre when I was a kid growing up in the 90's. He's gritty, playing against the Saints with a knee brace with barely three days to prepare for it, and running his [BLEEP] off to boot in that one. 

He'll make throws that make you do a double take, he'll win more games than he'll lose, but, when we do lose games? Sometimes it's ugly and sometimes it's chiefly on him for doing things with the football that didn't make much sense. For example, the fumbling of the football with nobody around him against the Ravens on Sunday Night Football. 

Look, I LOVE THE KID. I really do. I BELIEVE IN THE KID. I really do. I just feel, if we're going to get over this "Barely over the .500 hump"? He has to eliminate just a little bit more of his mistakes. Not saying to change his game completely, nor crucify him or burn him at the stake for EVERY turnover he makes. 

It just means that if he cleans up this decision here, or speeds up this decision here, something I didn't bring up, situational awareness, leaving points on the field inside in the 10 yard line going into halftime situations, etc. 

That's what will elevate the team more. Being himself, while just eliminating his mistakes a little bit and making better decisions with the football. That all comes with time in the NFL and maturing. Which I have FULL CONFIDENCE, that, he will. 

Cheers.

You know what would get over this hump? Not dropping TDs that hit the receiver in the hands, or not dragging that foot and ending up out of bounds on a dime throw. Not giving up multiple TDs to David [BLEEP] Njoku. Not being up 28-14 on the bengals and losing the lead. Not having 3rd and 1 and failing to convert 15 times in the second half of the season. It's dumb to focus on what Lawrence does wrong when everything he does right is in SPITE of the players around him.

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