(01-11-2022, 03:17 AM)D6 Wrote:

(01-11-2022, 02:28 AM)Eric1 Wrote: To add a little more context to this, here's the total Attempts for each of these QBs..

Brady - 719 (league leading)
Herbert - 672 (2nd)
Big Ben - 605 (6th)
Lawrence - 602 (7th)
Stafford - 601 (8th)

Lawrence had far and away the worst supporting cast out of all of these QBs and the worst in the league.

The QBs that were between the above in Attempts were Mahomes (3rd with 658), Allen (4th with 646) and Carr (5th with 626).

Supporting cast is an enormous factor in the performance of QBs.  Tom Brady comes to mind quickly.  Two seasons ago, Brady's final season with New England,  a large number of NFL observers were saying that age was finally catching up to Brady.  The lack of playmaking WRs that would help open up the rest of the Offense, contributed greatly to the Patriots season ending vs. Tennessee during Wildcard Weekend. 

Last season, while the Bucs were on their way to beating Super Bowl Champions, the consensus was that Brady was holding off father time.  The major difference was he had many more weapons at the Offense skill positions.

Patrick Mahomes looked like a vast different QB in the Bucs one sided Super Bowl victory over the Chiefs, mostly because of the injury losses they were dealing with at the Offensive Tackle positions.  A number of times that Mahomes somehow was able to make an accurate throw under heavy Bucs pressure, normally much more reliable skill players had drops that contributed to Mahomes being in an even more adverse position as the game went on.

While I don't think Lawrence is going to be a bust or be terrible my critiques of him have had nothing to do with the supporting cast which I think we can all agree is terrible. It dosen't matter how good a guy can catch if the QB throws the ball to him and it's not even catchable. I do think he can fix his accuracy issue with this past Sundays game as a nice example of what he can do once he simmers down and fixes his mistakes. 

I do think some people are going a little over board on the "bust" talk but at least for me, the majority of my complaints have had nothing to do with the supporting cast. Just things I've seen transfer from clemson to jax. Hopefully we see a lot of this worked on and improved come september. Fingers crossed.

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