Is Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence Destined for Greatness?

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence arrives in Jacksonville by now on the lookout like a Hollywood creation. The former Clemson College star, is now inviting comparisons to NFL greats that point to a Super Bowl future.

Who Trevor Lawrence Could Be In contrast to if Points Go Suitable

Coronary heart: KURT WARNER

Super Bowl title and MVP St. Louis Rams (2000)

Lawrence and retired QB Kurt Warner are both open up about the value of their Christian religion. Each entered the league as married men—Lawrence wed his superior school girlfriend this 12 months. Warner was an obscure university QB and, like Lawrence, often credits his achievement to deep spiritual conviction.

Legs: PATRICK MAHOMES

Super Bowl title and MVP Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (2020)

Over his Clemson occupation, Lawrence legged out 943 yards, averaging 314 a season. Mahomes ran for 308 yards in 2020. Although Lawrence didn’t operate a forty-garden dash at his NFL professional day, he was clocked at 4.78 coming out of superior school, all around the identical time Mahomes posted a 4.8 in the forty at the 2017 NFL Scouting Merge.

Charisma: JOE NAMATH

Super Bowl title and MVP New York Jets (1969)

Like Broadway Joe, selected No. 1 overall in the AFL draft of 1965, Lawrence has a uncommon mix of athleticism, arm energy, intercourse charm and Southern pedigree. (Namath led Alabama to a national title in 1964.) Neither shies away from daring views. Each are renowned for possessing generationally excellent hair.

Top: JOE FLACCO

Super Bowl title and MVP Baltimore Ravens (2013)

At 6’6”, Lawrence stands previously mentioned most NFL QBs, nearly all of whom are concerning 6’2” and 6’5”—seriously, look at. The exceptions—Drew Brees, Russell Wilson—tend to be shorter. The finest Lawrence Super comp is Flacco, also 6’6”. Ditto 2020 Rookie of the Year Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert.

X-Component: “SUNSHINE”

Lawrence’s “Sunshine” moniker recalls ‘70s superior school QB Ronnie “Sunshine” Bass, played by Kip Pardue in Try to remember the Titans. Like Pardue’s efficiency, Lawrence’s preternatural football instincts and awesome-breeze demeanor make him a excellent teammate—empathetic, laid-again, supportive—who can float previously mentioned the drama that infects every locker home.

Why the Time Might Not Go Very well for Trevor Lawrence

1. The Meyer Component

Of training course, when it arrives to a No. 1 draft decide, there’s no such detail as a confident detail. A QB’s fate depends on his head mentor. Jacksonville’s is a rookie.

“A very good football coach needs a individual spouse, a faithful canine and a excellent quarterback—but not automatically in that buy,” declared Hall of Fame mentor Bud Grant. It operates both approaches. Fantastic QBs invariably have a Canton-caliber mentor. In Jacksonville, Lawrence will be participating in for City Meyer, who’s in no way been an NFL head mentor. Meyer is a university coaching legend, but that means zilch at the professional amount.

Will he enjoy Jimmy Johnson to Lawrence’s Troy Aikman? Johnson grew to become the 1st mentor to acquire a university title and then a Super Bowl with the Aikman-led Dallas Cowboys in 1993. Or will his professional tenure resemble Nick Saban’s? Probably the biggest university mentor of all time, Saban still left the NFL right after two drab seasons in Miami, putting up a 15–17 history with zero playoff appearances.

2. Sack Assault

Practically nothing blows up a just cannot-overlook occupation more rapidly than a regular diet program of turf.

Wunderkind Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck was so destroyed by sacks (lacerated kidney, any one?) he retired at 29. If the Jags really do not get much better at go safety, and quickly, dealing with London jet lag will be the the very least of Lawrence’s problems.

forty four: The range of sacks endured by Jacksonville QBs in 2020.

forty three: The range of sacks taken by all Tiger QBs over Lawrence’s three years at Clemson

three. Picked Aside

Lawrence’s passing in three years at Clemson was unbelievable: ninety touchdowns, just seventeen interceptions. But looking at Clemson’s talent and numerous of its opponents’ deficiency of it—yo, Citadel!—you’d like that second figure to be smaller sized. It equals the put together complete by Trey Lance, Justin Fields, and Mac Jones (three QBs picked guiding Lawrence in this year’s draft) for the duration of their entire university professions. NFL defenses have brought down an army of university legends.

“THERE’S Something OF AN Art TO IT, BUT ALL Attempts AT SCIENCE HAVE Unsuccessful.” — Super Bowl-winning mentor Brian Billick on assessing quarterbacks

4. Booby Trap

The Jags franchise puts Lawrence in a perilous place—London.

From 2013 to 2019, Jacksonville played a collection of “home games” in London, an arrangement that will go on in 2021. The U.K. is a excellent spot for a pint, but a wicked weekend getaway. For the Jags, participating in “at home” in the British funds requires a practically five,000-mile flight with a five-hour time modify. It is a distinctive challenge, which may clarify why the Jags are 3–4 in their London house.

An even even larger situation would come up if, as has been speculated, group operator Shahid Khan—who also owns Leading League group Fulham F.C. and has explored purchasing London’s Wembley Stadium—relocates the Jags abroad. COVID halted most abroad vacation, but it didn’t end the NFL’s desire of possessing a money cow franchise in London. Must the Jags want an simple way to mess with Lawrence’s occupation, a bunch of transatlantic flights every single season would be a very good way to begin.

five. Brain Believe in?

When drafting QBs, NFL GMs are brilliant…13.five% of the time.

• 37: Amount of QBs picked No. 1 overall in NFL/AFL drafts
• 7: Amount of beginning QBs who’ve gained a Super Bowl title
• five: Amount of QBs who gained an MVP award
• five: Amount of QBs who arrived at the Hall of Fame: Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw, John Elway, Troy Aikman, Peyton Manning

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