(02-24-2023, 09:49 AM)RicoTx Wrote:

(02-24-2023, 09:14 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: I’m not gonna lie, there was a while when I thought Lawrence was a crumbler. Blaine Gabbert part deux.

I’m sorry but I don’t know how anyone with eyes could compare him to Gabbert.  He was scared of his own shadow and I’ve never seen that in Lawrence.

Yeah. I never liked the comparison to Gabbert and argued strenuously against it. Even when he struggled. I saw potential in Lawrence. I never saw potential in Gabbert. I'm one who likes to give rookies a chance to develop, but it was clear to me after his first season that Gabbert was never going to be good. I didn't advocate cutting him on the chance that I was wrong, but I argued in favor of acquiring a "Plan B". I always thought Gabbert looked like a 6th rounder that was playing simply because he was taken in the 1st round. Ironically, we traded him away for a 6th rounder.

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