(09-26-2024, 12:31 PM)OG-JAGFAN Wrote:

(09-26-2024, 10:33 AM)cland Wrote: I recall the Texans putting in an alarm for David Carr that rang after three seconds, indicating that the ball should have been thrown before the alarm went off... It didn't seem to work.  Counter to some of the talk around here, David Carr didn't get broken because of the pressure.  He, self-admittedly, didn't understand how much work a QB must put in to get ready for a game.  He used to take the game-film 'home' rather than staying at the facility and working with his QB coach on it.  Carr admitted that he didn't realize how much work it took until he was the backup to Eli Manning.  In fact he used to run out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage, much to the chagrin of his offensive line, to avoid an incomplete pass that would have affected his passer rating.

Carr had an amazing arm, but he had no ability to throw a wide receiver open.  He couldn't diagnose a defense to save his life, and the only thing that that kept him on the roster is because he would throw a wide-receiver screen to Andre Johnson if the CB backed off or he would dump the pass off 6 yards down the field to Dominic Davis.

The point of all this, is that despite all of his physical tools, he never had the intangibles to make him worth the #1 pick.

Good assessment. I am seeing the same things with Trevor. He has the tools but it does not translate into results. He is seeing Ghost in the pocket. The truth is I hope it can be fixed but I dont' know. The two good things Trevor has for him is he is very talented and very young. It maybe one of those cases where he may need to ride the bench a couple of years and then resurrect his career. We have 14 games left to see if Lawrence can bounce back or not.

It's the opposite though. He's not looking for screens or being given screens, and, he's not Captain Checkdown neither. He's looking for the big play downfield on every play instead of taking what's there. I have heard Orlovsky bring this up recently, as well as Campo. I think Pederson and a few other people mentioned this last year. He doesn't want to nickel and dime a defense to the endzone. He wants to chuck the [BLEEP] deep on every play. 

It's the funniest thing really. I still think the coaching staff should be incorporating designed QB rollout's, bootleg's and sprint's to give him easier reads and money plays like we saw in 2022. I have noticed that this offense doesn't call screens, at all. I don't think I have seen a single screen play yet in three weeks to a RB, WR or TE. They really need to find a balance of what they did in 2022, 2023 and what they want to do that's new in 2024. 

That's really where I think most of our solutions will be found. Trevor likes the deep ball. We get that. So, you need to get trips bunch sets working from left to right (with him rolling right) to where he has BTJ going deep post, Davis going medium to deep in route and a safety valve in either hitting Kirk on a drag or slant or being able to look right in front of him at an HB or TE to pick-up something. 

Do it until the defense stops it once and then go back to something else. I just keep seeing the same [BLEEP] sometimes too many times in a row instead of a nice mix up or balance. It could be that this offensive staff is waiting on Trevor to simply "see it" and that's why they don't want to change anything up or move too much around. They're not going to say that [BLEEP] out loud though directly.

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