(07-13-2022, 12:30 PM)cland Wrote:

(07-12-2022, 10:25 PM)OzJohnnie Wrote: My take.  Let’s see if I’m proven wrong.  But I suspect we’ll be trading for a veteran to “mentor” TL before the Nov 1 trading deadline (week 8 is the last week to trade).

I mentioned the following in another thread: Hopefully Pederson can iron that out, and I think he has to be a success with the Jaguars.  My concern with Pederson is that he has to turn Lawrence into a Nick Foles type of QB.  A guy that can run his offense, but becomes very readable after a season or a few games for the NFL defenses.

Thought I would expand on the above, with a reference to the Tedford Factor.  Jeff Tedford QBs in college were taught a system that limited their ability to read the defense across the whole field post-snap, narrowing or eliminating their window to find open off-script receivers.  In college the QB system worked great, getting 5 Tedford QBs selected highly in the NFL draft, only to find that their ability to read the field in an NFL offense were lacking.  

This was my concern in the previous post, and something I thought was relevant to the Jags (having traded for Nick Foles.)  If Pederson has to continually simplify the offense to fit Trevor Lawrence's skill set (or lack there of) he may get some increases in production, but for a short time.  NFL defenses will be able to solve the pre-read play calling.  I would say that in the NFL off-script plays are a necessity, which is why QBs like Mahomes and Josh Allen are so successful.

On the flip side, the article I posted was about Aaron Rodgers who was the 6th Tedford QB.  After sitting on the bench for 3 years and learning the NFL offense requirements, he was able to overcome the system he learned from Jeff Tedford.

I find these rare takes on Lawrence's supposed inability to read coverage to be laughable. 
The Bevell/Meyer playbook had receivers running some sketchy routes to begin with and the receivers that ended up playing most of the year either weren't running them accurately or weren't getting any separation on a very high percentage of targets. 

How many times did we see obvious miscommunications between route runner and QB?  (Often turning out to be confirmed as a bad route or incorrect route run.)

Pederson is clearly (and wisely) tailoring the new playbook to Trevor's strengths. (something Bevell and Meyer did the opposite of) 
But that's not necessarily some "dumbing down." It's just what good coaches and coordinators do. 
Trevor made a number of very impressive anticipatory throws last season and he made quite a few throws to receivers on improvised routes. He could be better at the latter, but it seems like a petty gripe. Not tough to solve. 

I find this narrative to be mostly hogwash.
I don't think he's facing any steeper learning curve than your typical 1st round rookie QB headed into year 2. 

(Other than the fact that his rookie camp was half wasted in a fake QB competition and his rookie season was limited by idiotic coaching.)

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