(09-24-2024, 10:40 AM)ClemsonOrangeJaguar Wrote:

(09-23-2024, 11:40 PM)OzJohnnie Wrote: I love how this time-to-throw gets tossed around like it's the coup de grace argument.  He's got the least time to throw because defences don't respect him.  If they over commit on pressure, they will not get burned.  He won't hit the quick slant that forces an LB to stay in the hole.  He won't dump it to a back on a makeshift screen.  He won't take off on a run that forces the DL to rush a little slower so they can react.

TL has the least time because he's the least respected.

It seems the TL-swifties are all content to believe he's a complete victim of circumstance with no responsibility, as the highest paid player on the squad by a WIIIIIIIIIIIDE margin, to be the best player on the squad by an equally WIIIIIIIIIIIDE margin.  That's a good gig.  Give me $55M a year and I can stink it up like an outhouse as well.  Hell, I'll be unreliable at half that price.

Interesting perspective given statistically he's one of the best deep ball throwers in the NFL and statistically one of the best at getting the ball out fast. He's got the least amount of time to throw because the OL is not good. It's not the only factor but it's obviously the biggest and all objective data leads to that. I can't imagine being a football fan and not being able to easily conclude that this OL is trash and the biggest deficiency on offense. Football has and always will start with blocking.

As I said he's played horrible and he's not the generational QB people thought he would be (including me), but yet he is still the best thing about this football team has going forward which is wild given how he has played this season.

Doesn’t fit their narrative. He had the fastest release time last year and is a high graded deep passer. He’s not an idiot. If anything we need to ask why he struggles with the intermediate throws currently. I think the play can’t get developed in time and because he has to be quick, he can’t get to a second read or third. That needs to be a point of emphasis if and when we improve the line. But for now I give him a mulligan

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(09-24-2024, 11:11 AM)cland Wrote: The biggest problem moving forward with the team, is that the Jags gave an average QB a top-of-the market contract.  If I'm looking to hire another coach, that coach is going to look at the team and see that Trevor Lawrence has a contract that far exceeds his performance, and that he is essentially untradeable (no team is taking on that contract, and the Jags aren't able to eat the dead money) for years.  If I could pick the next coach, it would be Ben Johnson, but there is NO WAY he's going to take his HC shot with Lawrence locked in.

You say that but the Rams show otherwise. McVay took that job with Goff who is a middle of the road QB. Then Campbell did it in Detroit. Offensive minds will see what he can be and be intrigued. To me that’s better than coming into a situation where QB is a complete wild card like a rookie for example.

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