(06-17-2021, 02:47 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(06-17-2021, 02:14 PM)mal234 Wrote: Here is a short interview that Urban did with USA Today, where he said that Trevor isn't ready to start Week one yet. But he also mentioned that the team has a long training camp and he doesn't have to be ready right now. He also mentioned that Trevor is more advanced that he would have thought at this point.

https://twitter.com/usatodaysports/statu...0209328130

I think that Urban has his reasons for saying that he doesn't feel that Trevor isn't quite ready right now. They may be different things that are factoring into him saying that. This interview didn't sound like coach speak. It sounds like he genuinely believes that for whatever reasons. That doesn't mean he won't end up starting anyway, but I think that Urban's comments are something to ponder.

I have to agree with the coach at this point.  Trevor Lawrence has never played in an NFL game of any kind (scrimmage, preseason, regular season).  So far his only "NFL experience" is underwear practice.  No pads, no full speed live reps, nothing.  The NFL game is not the same as the college game.

Training camp might be a little bit better gauge of which quarterback will/should start.  Preseason games will tell the story even more.  Once the pads are on and play on the field is "live" might show something.

I thought it was interesting at how certain Urban sounded about Trevor not being ready to start. He could have answered that question in various different ways, such as "we think he is capable of doing so", or "he's coming along nicely and there is optimism he could be the starter", etc.... But he straight up said no. And I believe there are reasons for that.

The media wasn't privy to all of the OTAs. I don't think they attended at least half of them. So maybe some stuff happened there to help the coaching staff develop the opinion they have now about the QB position.

I know a lot of people don't want to hear this but I do believe at least some of this has to do with Gardner growing as QB and coming into his own as a veteran. Some people like to constantly criticize him, say he's no good, etc... But the coaching staff hasn been speaking very well of him and I do think they really like/respect him. They've been helping him prepare in the event he has to be the starter for some reason (like maybe injury). People can try and say they are doing that to drive up his trade value and that could be a reason, but they already had trade offers for him prior to OTA's/minicamp. And they have a greater incentive to hype/build up Trevor since they drafted him #1. But while they are very complimentary of him, they seem to be holding back a bit on that for right now. And I think that's interesting.

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