Let's talk about the Jaguars

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

Smoots and Allen defensively.

Their best offensive player is ETN. He's kind of like Josh Jacobs.

Trevor can run. Like Josh Allen (BUF). Another big, fast running QB. We're going to play more contain probably.

I hadn't thought about the Jacobs comparison. Etienne is more of a speed threat and not as physical/good at breaking tackles, to me.

He's a real threat, though.

Lawrence seems to struggle when he has to go off-script. He has turned it over in the red zone a lot. That seems like a bad matchup against a Steve Spagnuolo defense...

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I hadn't thought about the Jacobs comparison. Etienne is more of a speed threat and not as physical/good at breaking tackles, to me.

He's a real threat, though.

Lawrence seems to struggle when he has to go off-script. He has turned it over in the red zone a lot. That seems like a bad matchup against a Steve Spagnuolo defense...

Yeah, when I used Jacobs as an example, I was mostly talking about his physical stature as a bigger back (he's not small, but he's not Derrick Henry either), he has good speed, but not a burner, and he can break some tackles. He can catch out of the backfield, but he's not CMC.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I hadn't thought about the Jacobs comparison. Etienne is more of a speed threat and not as physical/good at breaking tackles, to me.

He's a real threat, though.

Lawrence seems to struggle when he has to go off-script. He has turned it over in the red zone a lot. That seems like a bad matchup against a Steve Spagnuolo defense...

Except Etienne can be slowed down and contained with a pretty solid hit at the first of the game. If that happens then you get him looking around instead of just hitting the hole.

Lawrence has a tendency to get in his own head. If he misses receivers at the beginning of the game he tends to stay wild.

His running is good but Gay and Bolton could counter that issue.