(12-27-2021, 05:59 PM)Newton Wrote: While he has gone through a rough patch, the way so many posters seem to be aggressively attacking the guy does not make sense to me. Clearly you are fans, or you would not be on this message board at this point in a miserable season, but why try to tear down our best prospect in years just because he has had a difficult rookie campaign during a dumpster fire overall situation? What is there possibly to be gained from that?

Here's why I am and have been so critical of Lawrence. Last year I watched as much of Lawrence, Wilson, Fields, and Mac Jones as I could find. I paid closer attention to Fields and Wilson throughout most of the year until we locked in the #1 pick.. when that happened I watched every snap he played at Clemson multiple times. People on here tend to forget that I did not love Lawrence prior to us even being considered to get him. I wasn't really in love with any of the QBs coming out this year but it was pretty much a given we had to go that route. 

For me, this is what I found. 

Pros. 
Great size/speed and athleticism (mobility).
Very good arm strength
Good footwork (when the circumstances are right)
High football IQ
Extremely mature
Not afraid to get hit making a throw


Cons. 
Accuracy. With or without pressure he missed a ton of easy throws in college.
Happy feet in the pocket. Will escape the pocket with or without pressure (which would lead to even more inaccuracy)
Bad decision maker. Very often he will stick to his first read regardless of who is open. 
As stated above he goes through his reads very slowly and if hes been pressured he tends to stick onto his #1 target
Tends to not pickup a blitz pre snap quite often, gets flustered even if the blitzing players aren't getting through which would take his accuracy/decision making to a much lower level.



With all that being said, I want to also put things into perspective. While he had much success at the college level, most of his cons in my eyes were things he did not have to overcome on a weekly basis where as in the NFL you likely are to face these issues on the regular. It's very possible for him to fix a lot of these issues but my problem with him throughout the 2021 season is I've seen none of these issues fixed. Is it bad coaching? Theres a good chance of that but theres no gurantee that any of it will be fixed. 

Thinking back to 2012 when Luck came out you had a guy who was extremely accurate with a big arm who seemed to thrive under pressure. This is the main reason I found the entire "generational prospect" nonsense to be laughable and have been critical. He's a project QB who has the physical tools and in my opinion the competitive nature and smarts to right his wrongs. But only time will tell and as for right now he hasn't improved any of his flaws. And I'm tired of seeing people on this board defend him/insult me for my opinion when the man himself is proving what I'm saying to be accurate. 

I want him to be that guy, I hope he will be. But quit getting upset over my and other peoples opinions on him.. I don't just take the word of skip bayless and watch a 4 min highlight video to come to my conclusions. I'm a die hard football fan I put time into my hobby.

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