I keep thinking about Kurt Warner's quote from the last week or two about putting a QB in the right situation. Obviously Lawrence's first year was a huge setback to his development. By the end of year 2 it felt like he was starting to maximize his potential as he kept outdueling other big name QBs and was close to pulling off an upset at KC before Agnew fumbled inside the 10 yard line. And then for whatever reason he has regressed since then. I'm sure part of that lack of development is on him. But also feels like year 3 was another setback due to the awful oline and then the mounting injuries. And it's only continued to spiral. Expectations when he was drafted were probably beyond what his ability was but definitely feels like the franchise has done a terrible job of supporting and developing him. It's just a continuation of how piss poor this team has been over the last 15-20 years. Arguably the worst run franchise in the NFL during that time period.

The older I get and the more football I've watched, I think Warner is correct. Oesher likes to joke about "its always coaching..." but he's wrong. Lack of coaching can kill the development of players especially at the QB position. And honestly considering how the league is basically designed where the talent level of teams is basically equal aside from a few outliers, coaching is maybe the most important thing there is. Andy Reid took over a terrible Chiefs franchise and have 5 straight winning seasons BEFORE he got Mahomes. Mahomes just put them over the top from a perennial playoff team to a perennial super bowl contender.

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