What is Trevor Lawrence worth?

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

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.

Has Lawrence had the quantum leap that other QB's had in their 2nd season? No absolutely not but he has definitely improved his numbers, albeit slightly. On pace for close to 4000 yards passing, close to doubling his TD's thrown and although his INT's are still high, looks like he'll shave a few off of that number as well.

My main point is that since we've had such an influx of QB's who have had success very early on in their careers, I think NFL fans are way too impatient with the development of QB's. Especially in Lawrence's case where he couldn't have had a worse situation in his rookie season with the head coach and surrounding cast issues, I really think year 3 for Lawrence will be the true litmus test if Lawrence is the answer long term for Jacksonville.

Mahomes, Burrow, Herbert all had excellent supporting casts and surrounded their franchise QB with legitimate weapons. Hurts/Allen are perfect examples, first two years they had less than to be desired weapons, Hurts now has AJ Brown and is enjoying success. Allen went nuclear after the Bills traded for Diggs. Jacksonville has to find a way to give Lawrence an alpha receiver.