Liam Coen unlocking best of Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguars | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC
ABOUT THAT, THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THAT AND YOU SAW THAT A LITTLE BIT AND AS WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, I I STILL WANT TO SAY THIS THOUGH. WE SAW FLASHES OF TRAVIS HUNTER, BEING GREAT, AND STILL, I WALKED AWAY AND SAID WHAT IF HE ONLY PLAYED OFFENSE HE HAD A COUPLE PLAYS IN THAT GAME WHERE YOU’RE LIKE HOLY S***. WHOA THIS GUY’S DYNAMIC. WHY IS HE ONLY TOUCHED THE BALL 4 OR 5 TIMES A GAME LIKE LIKE THE GUY, HE’S DYNAMIC, IT’S UNBELIEVABLE TO ME. I JUST DON’T GET IT. I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. AND LET’S CIRCLE BACK TO THE TRAVIS HUNTER DISCUSSION. I WANT TO GIVE TREVOR LAWRENCE PROPER DUE. HE HAD 54 YARDS RUSHING LAST NIGHT ON 10 AT 2 TOUCHDOWNS RUSHING, HE THREW A TOUCHDOWN PASS 2201 PASSING YARDS. 18 FOR 2 1/26 1. TO WIN MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ON HIS BIRTHDAY. RICHARD. TODD WITH THE NEW YORK JETS. DID IT IN 1984? IT’S AMAZING. HE’S ONLY 26. HE’S 1 OF THESE GUYS THAT ALREADY FEELS LIKE HE’S BEEN AROUND FOREVER. AND THIS IS YEAR 5 FOR HIM. AND I THINK WHAT MAKES LAST NIGHT’S SIGNIFICANT IS PART OF THE NARRATIVE OF TREVOR LAWRENCE IS VOA. THIS IS TRUE OF OTHER BOTH. TREVOR AND TUA HAVE GOTTEN HIGH-END CONTRACTS, BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT, YOU JUST KIND OF ARE WHAT YOU ARE. JIMMY GAROPPOLO KIND OF THAT THING. YOU FOUND WHERE YOU FIT IN THE HIERARCHY OF QUARTERBACKS. THERE’S NO SHAME. IN BEING A GUY THAT THERE’S ONLY 15 OTHERS THAT DO IT BETTER THAN YOU OR 12 OTHERS OR 18 OTHERS WHEREVER YOU BUT YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE SOME SUDDEN RESURGENCE AND YOU’RE GOING TO BE A TOP 3 GUY, MAYBE 1 OF THESE DAYS. THEY’LL PUT ENOUGH OTHER PLAYERS AROUND SUPER BOWL. EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT THE 1, AND WITH TREVOR LAWRENCE, AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU NAILED IT, WHERE USED TO THE JAGUARS LOSING THEIR AND WE’RE USED TO THE CHIEFS WINNING THERE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A NIGHT LIKE THAT, THAT TURNS EVERYTHING ON ITS HEAD. YOU START THINKING ABOUT GUYS DIFFERENTLY I REMEMBER WHEN THE NARRATIVE FOR TONY ROMO WAS SO ALWAYS FIND A WAY LATE IN THE GAME TO BLOW IT. ONCE YOU FLIP THAT THEN EVERYBODY STARTS THINKING OF YOU DIFFERENTLY. SO WHEN YOU GET IN THOSE MOMENTS AND I HAD A PLAYER TELL ME ONCE. YEAH, WHEN YOU’RE DOWN ON THE FIELD AND YOU GET INTO LATE, THERE’S KIND OF A VIBE. HEY, TONY ROMO IS GONNA SCREW SOMETHING UP. EVERYBODY FEELS IT. SO, ONCE YOU FLIP IT, THE NEXT TIME AROUND, YOU DON’T FEEL THAT. AND THIS IS WHERE IT HELPS THE JAGUARS BECAUSE YOU COME OUT OF THIS GAME, NOT JUST WITH THE WIND, BUT WITH THIS IDEA THAT HEY, WE GOT A GUY WHO CAN FIND A WAY, WE GOT A GUY WHO’S GOING TO MAKE A PLAY WHEN EVERYTHING GOES SIDEWAYS. WE GOT A GUY WHO’S NOT GOING TO GIVE UP WHEN HE MAKES A MISTAKE, OR WHEN THERE’S A BAD CALL WHERE WE GET SCREWED ON AN INTERCEPTION, AND THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PASS INTERFERENCE. SO I THINK THAT TO ME IS THAT THAT THAT THE WIN. THIS IS A NARRATIVE CHANGER FOR TREVOR, LAWRENCE AND THE JAGUARS AND HERE THEY ARE 4 IN 1. HOW, YOU KNOW IT WAS 9 DAYS AGO. CHIEFS AND THE RAVENS EQUALLY DESPERATE. GOT TO AVOID FALLING INTO 1 AND 3. ARE BACK. OH, THEY’RE NOT BACK AND NOW THEY’RE GOING TO BE EVEN MORE DESPERATE ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. WHEN THE LIONS COME TO TOWN BEST TEAM IN THE NFL RIGHT NOW. SPOILER ALERT, THEY’RE GOING RANKINGS THIS WEEK BECAUSE THE 2 TEAMS IN FRONT OF THEM, LOST THE BILLS IN THE EAGLES, LOST THE LIONS ARE THE TOP DOGS. AGAIN, CHIEFS ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEY GOT A SHORT WEEK. SO UH YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT’S A SIGNIFICANT TO THIS GAME. WE SHOULD VIEW THE JAGUARS DIFFERENTLY. AND WE’RE IN THE PROCESS OF RECONSIDERING HOW WE VIEW THE CHIEFS. I, I AGREE 100% AND I THINK THE WAY LIAM COHEN IS PLAYING THE GAME OFFENSIVELY IS HELPING TREVOR LAWRENCE OUT. SO, LIKE AS WE WATCH THAT GAME AND THEY GO DOWN 14 ZIP AND YOU LOOK AND WE’RE LIKE, OKAY, 1 QUARTERBACK THREW THE BALL, 40 TIMES, 1 QUARTERBACK THREW THE BALL 25 TIMES I THINK. INSTANTLY WE THINK WELL KANSAS CITY CAME OUT AND WENT UP. SO JACKSONVILLE PROBABLY HAD TO THROW THE NOPE, JACKSONVILLE, STILL RAN THE BALL. WHETHER THAT WAS WITH TREVOR LAWRENCE, WHETHER THAT WAS A ETIENNE AND THEY DIDN’T TELL TREVOR LAWRENCE LIKE, HEY, WE’RE GOING TO CHANGE THIS GAME. WE’RE GOING TO GO BACK AND JUST DROP BACK PACKS AND PASS. AND THEY STUCK TO THEIR GAME PLAN. I THINK THAT’S WHAT LIAM COHEN HAS DONE FOR THIS TEAM. HE’S MADE IT THAT TREVOR LAWRENCE IS PLAYING, A CERTAIN STYLE OF GAME, AND I THINK 1 OF THE THINGS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IS PEOPLE LAWRENCE IN A CERTAIN AND LIGHT BECAUSE I DON’T THINK THE GAME WILL EVER TURN INTO WHERE WE’VE WATCHED SOME OF THESE OTHER QUARTERBACKS WHERE THEY GO AND IT’S JUST LIKE WHATEVER IS NEEDED YOU CAN GO. DO I REMEMBER PLAYING IN GAMES? AND IT WAS LIKE HEY THIS DEFENSE IS SO GOOD IN THE MIDDLE AND THAT AND THE RUN GAME, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO THROW THE BALL 50 TIMES TO WIN AND BILL WOULD TURN TO TOM AND THE CAPTAIN’S MEETING AND GO. THAT’S GOING TO BE YOU. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTROL EVERYTHING IN THIS GAME AND TOM LIKE COOL AND HE WOULD GO. DO YOU THROW IT ABOUT 50 TIMES RUN 9 TIMES AND YOU GO WIN A FOOTBALL GAME. NOT EVERYBODY, THAT’S NOT EVERYBODY’S STYLE AND I THINK FOR JACKSONVILLE THEY HAVE REALIZED THAT’S NOT THEIR STYLE, THAT’S NOT THE WAY. TREVOR LAWRENCE HAS BUILT, THAT’S TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE RUNNING GAME. SO WHEN YOU LOOK UP AND YOU’RE LIKE WELL ETN DIDN’T HAVE A BIG GAME ONLY 49 YARDS RUSHING BUT THEN YOU ADD IN THE TREVOR LAWRENCE 54 YARDS RUSHING AND YOU LOOK UP AND YOU GO. WOW, JACKSONVILLE WAS ABLE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME, FOR THEM OF BEING ABLE TO RUN THE BALL AND NOT THROW IT AS MUCH AS THEY AS THEY WOULD HAVE DONE GOING DOWN IN THE GAME. SO I THINK THEY’VE HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE TREVOR LAWRENCE BE THE BEST QUARTERBACK. HE CAN BE FOR THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AND I THINK SOMETIMES YOU’RE LIKE I THINK WE FOUND A FORMULA BUT YOU’RE NOT 100%. SURE. AND THEN YOU GO AND YOU BEAT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ON A MONDAY NIGHT. AND NOW YOU COME BACK IN AND YOU’RE LIKE, WE FOUND OUR FORMULA. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO WIN. EVERYONE HAS TO NOW DOUBLE DOWN ON IT. THE DEFENSE HAS TO CONTINUE TO CREATE TAKEAWAYS TAKEAWAYS LIKE, THAT’S HOW WE GO WIN, FOOTBALL GAMES AND NOW THAT’S NOT JUST WHAT THE COACHES THINK. THAT’S WHAT THE PLAYERS BELIEVE, AND THEY’RE PLAYING TOWARDS THAT. AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE JACKSONVILLE GET BETTER WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK AND TRY TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THAT CONTENDER CONVERSATION. OH, AND BY THE WAY, SUNDAY, 1:00 EASTERN, THE SEAHAWKS JAGUARS. IT’S GOING TO BE 1 OF THE MOST COMPELLING GAMES OF THE DAY, 3 AND 2, SEATTLE NARROW LOSS TO THE BUCKS ON SUNDAY, JAGUARS RIDING HIGH AT 4 AND 1 AND HAS BEEN. A SURPRISING START TO THE SEASON AND SHOULD HAVE LIAM COHEN IS 1 OF THE EARLY FAVORITES FOR COACH OF THE YEAR TO COME IN THEIR COLD WITH A TEAM THAT HAD FALLEN APART. AND ON GET THEM TO 4 AND 1.
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9 comments
Full credit to the Jaguars, but the Chiefs had no business losing that game. They outgamed Jacksonville by over 150 yd and had 1.7 more yards per play on offense. You can't expect to win a game when you have 13 penalties and your opponent has 4. Completely unacceptable.
Jags are 4-1… why we always talk about Travis Hunter? Its always clear that Hunter will only play slot on 11 personell. They will not make him only play offense.
QUESTION: How many fired coaches did Lawrence have to put up with and how many failed schemes did he and the team have to learn. You understand?
Modern NFL is too difficult to be a two way player. A player of two positions on opposite sides of the ball. But a master on none. I say concentrate on wide receiver.
Do you guys actually watch the games or highlights? The defense has carried this team all year
Colt's have 4 wins against the 1-4 Dolphins, 1-4 Titans 1-4 Raiders and a 1 point win over the 3-2 Broncos. Yep top tier team right there!
Travis is working look how good the offense and defense is playing. They need to stick with the plan. He will bloom into the two way star he was in college but it will be at the highest level.
I'm not sleeping on Mahomes, Brady lost 2 SBs to Eli and have had games where he looked mortal. The Jags looked spectacular, but Mahomes and KC are still them
Why shouldn't travis hunter just play offense? Maybe because he was the Jags' highest graded player on both offense and defense according to PFF. Yall just need to have a little patience, its 5 games into his very young career