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Originally Posted by Shoes
I think the development curve of QB's in the NFL has been distorted a bit by fans due to the early success of Mahomes, Lamar, Herbert, Burrow etc. Josh Allen for example looked pretty ordinary until his third season, we are seeing an emergence from Jalen Hurts as well in his third season.
I'm not ready to throw in the towel on Lawrence yet. The Urban Meyer saga didn't help the development of Lawrence, absolute fail by Jags ownership making that decision. Lawrence has to cut down on some mistakes, he's had some extremely bad redzone interceptions that just can't happen. I think with a little bit more seasoning and improving the supporting cast a bit more that Lawrence will be just fine. Maybe not as high as a ceiling as many predicted coming out of college but I still think he can be a top 8 QB in the NFL.
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Burrow struggled his rookie season and then got hurt. He emerged in year 2. Lamar only started 7 games in situational action until coming of the bench as the full-time starter late in the season. Mahomes only started 1 game his rookie season.
Only Herbert really hit the ground running and had a stellar rookie season. The other guys all needed a year to develop. Starting a rookie at QB is almost like burning a season.
The problem is that Lawrence is now in his 2nd year and doesn't look dramatically improved from last year. He's being compared to those guys and he should be because he's just like them coming out.