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It is not how you start but how you finish in the National Football League. Despite the quick assessments made at the quarter-mark of the season, the best coaches and scouts exhibit extreme patience in waiting for some of their blue-chip players to play at a high level.
As a former NFL player and scout, I have learned that coaches need around four games to figure out how to best utilize their talent each year. With that in mind, I thought this was the perfect time to survey the landscape to see which players have the potential to bounce back from a disappointing start and close the season with a spectacular finish.
With their teams counting on them to perform like blue-chippers down the stretch, here are five players who need to rebound from sluggish starts:
Trevor Lawrence, QB, Jacksonville Jaguars
The former No. 1 overall pick has become a polarizing figure in the NFL scouting community after signing a five-year, $275 million blockbuster deal that pays him like an elite quarterback. Though Lawrence was hailed as a “generational talent” before arriving in Jacksonville, the fourth-year pro has failed to play like a blue-chip player during a nine-game losing streak as a starter. Since inking his mega deal this summer, Lawrence has struggled to find his rhythm as a playmaker, completing just 53.9% of his passes for 739 yards with four touchdowns and an interception. With a 78.9 passer rating and an egregious number of misfires on film, the Jaguars’ QB1 has shouldered plenty of blame for the team’s disappointing start.
While some of the criticism is warranted, Lawrence can get the Jaguars back on track by executing a simplistic game plan (one of the quarterback’s favorite concepts) to help the young quarterback regain his rhythm as a passer. As Doug Pederson and Press Taylor build a plan littered with screens, quicks, shallow crossers and deep shots, the Jaguars starting quarterback must rediscover his confidence and swagger to help this offense max out…
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Publish date : 2024-10-04 13:00:10
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