Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab discuss Jacksonville’s offense and whether quarterback Trevor Lawrence can break through and meet lofty expectations. Listen and subscribe to the “Zero Blitz” podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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There’s only one talking point with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Now, we’ve both been pretty hard on Trevor Lawrence.
But, uh, what, what is your big thing with the Jacksonville Jaguars coming into the season?
I remember the day he was drafted, I was hosting the draft show for ESPN at the time.
And the first thing I said about Trevor Lawrence is that the Jags will fail Trevor Lawrence before Trevor Lawrence will fail the Jags.
And then what do you know they tried like Urban Meyer was such a disaster and then Doug Peterson comes in and we get what we think is competent coaching and you start to see this ascension, but it just hasn’t broken through.
And now that I do think there’s a real question.
They are treating their roster construction like Trevor Lawrence has already answered every question and he is a riser, right?
Like I’ve talked so much about how quarterbacks have the seesaw in the beginning.
They need help and then when they get paid, they’re supposed to be at a level where they are the help, right?
You can put things around them and they make them better.
They are treating Trevor Lawrence, like he’s already proven at the NFL level.
He is that, I don’t know that that’s the case.
I mean, I don’t necessarily love their weapons.
I don’t necessarily love their offensive.
I think Trevor Lawrence is going to be asked to do a ton of heavy lifting.
This is one of those rare situations and Frank, I don’t know that we see it very often.
It’s rare that you see a coach that the world’s seems to respect and a quarterback that the world seems to respect, aligned on one team that the world doesn’t respect.
And that says everything about the rest of the roster construction for Jacksonville because I think…
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Publish date : 2024-07-05 12:00:08
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