(11-30-2023, 08:27 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(11-30-2023, 01:27 AM)leopold332002 Wrote: Someone explain why the Hatred for Trevor Lawrence around the league. They are treating him like he was Blake Bortles and have no need to respect him.

I don’t think it’s hate but more so people that some people are disappointed.

When you’re tabbed a generational prospect (which he 1000% still is), they expect you to come in right away and be elite. He was compared to Manning/Elway/Luck but it’s like they wanted Trevor to be them right away. He’s still so young and his growth was stunted by the worst coaching situation in history. Then you add in Stroud who is coming in and playing very well. That’s what they expect from Lawrence.

Lawrence is elite. He’s 4th in EPA and 6th in success rate. The TDs weren’t there early but I think we might just see him surge here at the end.

By next year, or, possibly by the end of this year and early into next year, a lot of his deniers and haters will be singing his praises, admitting they were wrong and they'll be kissing his [BLEEP]. 

It's inevitable. We all see this kid play every gameday. It's inevitable that he does turn into that box score destroyer that the media covets. I just think people keep overlooking simple things here though. 

1. Doug preaches complimentary football. 
2. We're winning games in a variety of ways.

You don't need a QB to drop back 50 times per game and sling it for 350+ yards and 2+ TD's when you're not giving up 300 yards, 2+ TD's and failing to force turnovers on defense. The reality? When they've needed him to make plays to stay in games or win games? He's found ways to do that.

In a sense? I feel like he's more along the lines of John Elway. I would drop the Manning stuff. Manning didn't have the legs that Lawrence has. John didn't put massive passing numbers, didn't always have the greatest TD:INT ratio until much, much later on in his career, but, he just kept winning games. He would make the plays with his legs when the team needed it. 

Now, in a pass happy era? Yeah, Lawrence is probably going to be a guy that gets you 20+ TD's through the air (Sure as [BLEEP] would help if his guys didn't drop dimes in the endzone or inside the redzone or turn it over when in a rhythm). But, this takes time. 

Six games left for him keep putting up numbers like he did with the tacks and tinhorns and it wouldn't shock me if he ultimately finishes similar or better than he did last year statistically. Again, though, the only stat that matters in this sport is wins. He's been racking those up for a franchise that's been historically BURIED in L's.

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