The Jacksonville Jaguars Were The Perfect Franchise To Draft Trevor Lawrence

Trevor Lawrence was a perfect 5-star prospect coming out of college. 6-foot-6 with a golden arm and the face of a movie star(‘s stunt double).

When he arrived at Clemson, all he did was win football games. He was the National Champion. Player of the Year. All of those little accolades.

In 2021, the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Lawrence with the No. 1 overall pick.

Since then, the Jags have a 10-10 record with Lawrence as QB1.

Disclaimer: I’m refusing to count his rookie campaign under Urban Meyer. That man was on a dangerous combination of painkillers prescribed to him by sketchy strip mall doctors, gas station horny pills and an ego built on the back of pretending to be super religious to exploit teenagers’ free labor into millions of dollars in his bank account.

But you’d think a player like Trevor with all the tools would have slightly more NFL success.

Especially when you consider the Jaguars play in the AFC South—a division with two teams whose mottos are “How many of our own quarterbacks can we send to the ICU” and a team in some sort of lifelong blood pact with Ryan Tannehill.

Seriously, the Colts and Texans had an assembly line of quarterbacks they ran out there with no offensive line in front of them.

Andrew Luck retired early.

Peyton Manning’s neck is being held together by experimental stem cells and some extra vertebrae his brother Cooper wasn’t using.

David Carr got snapped over a D-Lineman’s knee every week like Bane did to Batman.

Deshaun Watson was so beaten up he had to drive to games across the country because his body couldn’t take the air pressure of a plane flight.

Although, I guess that last guy deserved it.

And I have no idea why Ryan Tannehill has the Titans QB1 job for life. He and Mike Vrabel have a Vegas trip neither man can ever speak of.

The point is, Trevor should be mopping up these teams.

We watched Peyton Manning steal easy victories from this sorry-ass division his entire career. Lawrence was the no. 1 overall pick. He should be on a Peyton-esque trajectory but the Jags never seem to dominate anyone the way Peyton’s Colts used to.

And that’s what makes Jacksonville the perfect home for Trevor Lawrence.

No one outside of Duval County gives a single shit. He can fly under the radar being fine most weeks and he won’t be subject to the same type of scrutiny that turned Zach Wilson into Nathan Peterman.

Most of Jacksonville’s games are played in another continent and aired at a time before half the country has their first morning pee.

Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Jaguars jersey?

I’m sure there are some Maurice Jones-Drew jerseys on sale for $3 at the local Florida Marshalls but nationally, they are an obscure brand.

Like, if there was an NFL Jeopardy category, a Jaguars-related clue would be worth $1000 and all 3 contestants would sit there waiting for the buzzer.

With Patrick Mahomes having a less-than-season by his standards, Lawrence should be emerging as one of the top throwers in the AFC.

Trevor Lawrence is a generational talent who has thrown for 300 yards zero (0) times this season. He has fewer 300-yard passing games than Daniel Jones, Justin Fields, Jimmy Garoppolo, Mac Jones and Baker Mayfield.

Lawrence has a lower passer rating than CJ Stroud and Josh fucking Dobbs.

Russell Wilson is having a better 2023 than Trevor.

It’s alllllllll good because he plays for an organization with no history, no established standards, no relationships with big network heads, and no TV media personalities who grew up die-hard Jags fans who shoehorn the team into every discussion like Mike Greenberg with the Jets or Skip Bayless with the Cowboys.

And I don’t even think Trevor is having a bad year.

Look at this first touchdown pass to Calvin Ridley against the Falcons on Sunday:

Top of the morning, @CalvinRidley1!#ATLvsJAX on FOX/ESPN+/NFL+ pic.twitter.com/bwgLqPln1K

— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) October 1, 2023

Trevor Lawrence has incredible footwork in the pocket and his ability to scramble for a first down at any given time makes defenders hesitant to charge him full speed and he’s able to side step and launch a perfect ball in the endzone.

And no one cares.

Trevor Lawrence is going to make a bajillion dollars.

He’s going to be the greatest QB in Jags history.

He’s going to lose to Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Joe Burrow every postseason.

And he will never be heavily criticized or overly praised.

He’ll have no haters and no stans.

We are witnessing—or not witnessing I guess—the most ideal career path for an NFL quarterback.

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