If we're dividing up blame? And I had a bar graph, it would be:

50% Khan
30% Baalke
15% Pederson
5% Lawrence

Starts with ownership, then the man responsible for free agency, the draft and roster, then the head coach and his decisions with his staff, lastly, on the QB.

Bad decisions have ripple effects, however, when you're getting paid a premium at your position? More money than over 1,650 other active players in the NFL?

You're expected to make magic out of lunch meat. To elevate the dog [BLEEP] around you. To play above the X's and O's. To outshine the Jimmy's and Joe's. Your QB touches the football more than any other football player typically on most teams, or, is at least directly responsible for more than 50% of their offenses' success or failure output wise.

Khan failed in hiring the right general manager. The general manager has failed in using his cap space and draft choices wisely. The coaching staff has failed in finding the right defensive coaching staff and the right concepts to improve Lawrence and Lawrence simply has not grown into the elite QB everybody expected him to be.

I said it four years ago. I expected Lawrence to have the ceiling of a more mobile version of Matt Ryan and the floor of Alex Smith. So far, he's playing more like Alex Smith, minus the elite defense and running game to bail him out.

He'll end up being a good product in his late 20's, early 30's here in JAX but it will be too little too late and a regime change will ship him off to a team that needs a veteran QB. Probably ends up on a loaded team after his contract expires here by the end of 2029, 2030.

It is what it is.

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