(03-20-2022, 02:07 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(03-20-2022, 01:42 PM)Bullseye Wrote: (emphasis added)

Precisely!

So considering he was touted as a generational QB, if he plays well and ranks 8th-9th in a QB heavy AFC, would he be a disappointment in some eyyes?

Where would he have to rank to avoid most of the talk of disappointment?

There will be hot-takes-a-plenty calling him a disappointment no matter what happens in 2022. 

We've got negative-nancies galore on the board and national pundits of varying ilk flooding social media and the airwaves with negative takes on former high draft picks who aren't immediate superstars. Premature rash judgements on young players to these people are just like chocolate cake to fat toddlers on their birthday.  They love that [BLEEP]. 

There will be plenty of naysayers regardless, but I suspect he takes enough of a positive step to quiet the majority of any unwarranted flack.

Agreed completely.

On the other hand, is being critical always the result of being a negative nancy?  If TL was hyped as this generational talent, at what point can he be faulted for not reaching that level of play?

Even in the hyper-competitive QB race in the AFC, is there a point where TL can take legitimate blame for not ascending above the middle of the pack?

---