Now that the Jaguars have started 0-2 its time to take a hard look at Trevor Lawrence. In year 4 his play has been stagnant when this is when he should be ascending to the ranks of best young signal callers with a championships in his sights.
The Browns formidable defense withstanding, Lawrence was 14 of 30 220 yds 0TDs and sacked for a safety. He missed a series of throws in the game and had the look of a rookie. Even on the safety his internal clock should have signaled him to get rid of the football.
The safety put the game out of reach in a defensive struggle where the Jags had only found the endzone once losing 18-13. Had the safety not occurred, the Jags could have tied it with a field goal and gone to overtime. Now at 0-2 Jacksonville has a 9% chance to make the playoffs.
Well… the ink just dried on Lawrence’s $255 million contract signed 2 months ago.Now its time to take a look at a few things when it comes to a #1 overall pick at QB.
John Elway led the Broncos to Super Bowl XXI in year 4.
Troy Aikman won Super Bowl XXVII in year 4.
Steve Young won Super Bowl XXIX in his 4th season as a starter in San Francisco.
Brett Favre won Super Bowl XXXI in his 4th season as a starter in Green Bay.
Of course Steve Young and Brett Favre weren’t #1 overall selections but they further illustrate my point. Lawrence came to the NFL with more press clippings thsn any player in recent years. He did endure a horrible rookie season with Urban Meyer but showed incredible improvement with Coach Pedersonin year 2.
However the training wheels have come off and now the Jags have scored just 17 & 13 in their 1st two games. As for Lawrence:
These woes date back to last season and the Jaguars signed him to his huge contract extension. At this point great quarterbacks and their play are on an ascending arc. It may be early to say the Jags have buyer’s remorse but clearly these arent the expected results. Whether its his play or the Jaguars offensive performance thus far.
Is he the most overrated player in football? The Chancellor of Football says yes.
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Trevor simply can’t read defenses fast enough and reacts even slower to them and looks lost… Jax had a much better defense last year but fired their bright DC over what was actually poor play from their star “franchise” QB, go figure. At least Bortles got them to the AFCCG against the league darlings in the Pats back in 2017 and now a Wild-Card seems to be a bit of stretch, the AFC South appears to be belong to Texans.
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