(02-08-2024, 08:49 PM)TownCenterJag Wrote: I’m not knowledgeable enough to give my opinion on what Trevor’s contract will be. I think a few posters on here can be a little too hard on him or maybe he is a victim of his hype to a degree. Trevor, to me, is the best QB the Jaguars have ever had. He’s 24 years old and yeah this last season sucked but we went from picking back to back at #1 to back to back winning seasons once he was paired with Doug.  Trevor can improve and all evidence points to him being a hard working, smart guy that will, in all likelihood, improve. He also is currently packaged with tons of experience for a 24yr old pro athlete.

Another thing that I always keep in mind is that we were a couple of plays from picking #2 that year and potentially pairing Urban Meyer with Zach Wilson. Whatever you determine our success level to have been these last couple of years - I have nearly zero doubt that it would have been replicated or surpassed by any other player that we could have drafted with that selection.

I get the debate to be had around his potential extension (to a degree) but it’s been clear to me that we have our guy and now it’s up to the rest of the organization to build rosters around his talents on offense and let’s make some runs at the chip the next 12yrs. He seems to embrace being the QB of this team and embraces this city. I think the QB position is the least of our worries for a long time going forward.

This is honestly the most logical, and, sound take on Lawrence at the moment for what I would say, probably, 85% of the fanbase. I think year four is going to be the pivotal benchmark for him because he has two narratives that are going to work against him, regardless of whether or not Baalke fixes the personnel issues along the offensive line, and, regardless of who the play caller is. 

1. Turnovers. 
2. Gunslinging too much. 

Those are the two most important aspects to his game that need to change entering year four of his NFL career. Regardless of circumstances around him. He has to protect the football when he's slinging it and when he's in the pocket or running around with it. He has to also stop looking for the heavyweight knockout punches most of the time and just take the easy body blows underneath that the defense is allowing so we can live to see another set of downs. 

This is something he recently acknowledged in an interview this week. When asked about the "Game Manager" title some QB's get. Every QB manages the game. You have to be aware of down and distance, game clock, situational football and when to play it safe. He had his issues with this throughout the year. He personally blundered some opportunities to add points onto the board by not keeping these fundamental principles in mind. 

This is also on Doug as well though. With the gambling nonsense on 4th downs before half time, etc. It's often said that your QB is an extension of the head coach. If we're being honest? Doug's tendencies to roll the dice, gamble the house and put it all out there on the line in 4th down situations is exactly how Lawrence has played over the last two years. 

2022? We had ALL the luck in the world. 
2023? We had NO luck at all. 

This is the life of a gambler.

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