(12-27-2021, 08:46 PM)IndyJagsFan Wrote: The excuses you guys are making for Lawrence just keep growing and growing and becoming more ridiculous and desperate. I get it. He was touted as some "Generational Talent" who could come right in and elevate everyone around him by, well, everyone in the sports media and most of you guys who think you are "smart football guys" are really just ESPN whores who parrot whatever the baseline of consensus opinion is. So there's that.

Lots of outright lies here in this last page of thread. Lawrence was terrible from the jump even with better receivers and OL than Minshew ever had. Coaching being worse than last year is just an attempt to cover for Lawrence's inept play. Somebody has to take the fall for a QB who can't even make the easy throws underneath when down 21 and the Defense is conceding the first 10 yards from scrimmage and who shows no ability to read the field or make the tight window throws that the last guy made in his sleep. Can't be Lawrence's fault. Nope. Gotta be scheme, coaching or receivers. Again, the excuses and lies keep coming to deny the reality of what is shown plainly on the field.

And stop with the phony narrative about Minshew. Defenses never "figured him out". He scorched the Colts on the final game of 2019 and they had AN ENTIRE OFFSEASON to scout him and he still went 19/20 for 3 tds and 0 picks and set an NFL record for accuracy in. And then he scorched the Titans for 27/35 and 295 with 3 tds and 1 pick and they had an ENTIRE YEAR to scout him too. It was only when he fractured his thumb that his performance fell off and he still played leagues better with a @$%# broken hand that this guy who you all are fawning over with excuses and support.

I get your desperation to believe, but stop with the exaggerations. Lawrence has shown zero in his rookie season. Not a flash. No come from behind wins, no epic plays, not one game that says he is anything other than a career backup in skills, poise, leadership or grit. The negatives are ground and pounding whatever dreamy and fantastical positives you concoct. If he even ends up being a Jared Goff level starter longterm in this league I'd be shocked and inclined to name him "Comeback Player of the Year".