<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bill-simmons-shares-jaguars-alarmingly-awful-trevor-lawrence-comparison');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bill Simmons shares Jaguars’ alarmingly awful Trevor Lawrence comparison');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jaguars-news-Bill-Simmons-shares-alarmingly-awful-Trevor-Lawrence-comparison.jpg"></figure><h1>Bill Simmons shares Jaguars’ alarmingly awful Trevor Lawrence comparison</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T08:21:03-07:00">October 14th, 8:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T08:21:03-07:00">October 14th, 8:21am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Jacksonville Jaguars and Trevor Lawrence endured an embarrassing loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday and it caught Bill Simmons’s eye. While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-most-blame-week-6-loss-bears">Jaguars had blame to go all around</a>, Lawrence certainly didn’t play his best brand of football. He threw <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LawrTr00.htm" rel="noopener">23-for-35 with 234 yards and two touchdowns</a>, along with an interception.</p><p>The numbers don’t look bad but it’s not what people are used to seeing. Simmons had <a href="https://youtu.be/Oe9No3xPCWM?t=2202" rel="noopener">some harsh criticism</a> for the former first-overall pick on The Bill Simmons Podcast.</p><p>“He’s 21-35 in his career, that’s 55 games… how many guys have started at least 55 games but won less than 25 games,” Simmons said. “Well it’s a nine-person list and here’s that list. It goes in order of 21 and 25 wins; Trevor Lawrence, Tim Couch, David Carr, Josh McCown, Rick Mirer, Daniel Jones, Blake Bortles, Charlie Batch, and Josh Freeman.</p><p>“Nine quarterbacks and the worst one of all was David Carr at 23-56. Josh McCown was 23-53, but that’s just an awful list, I was shocked. I was like ‘Is there anybody good on this list’? Daniel Jones, kind of. They went 9-8 maybe.”</p><h2><b>Trevor Lawrence still has the Jaguars’ trust amidst Bill Simmons’ criticism</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jaguars-quarterback-Trevor-Lawrence-on-the-wrong-side-of-history.jpg"><figcaption>© Peter van den Berg-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Lawrence had a rocky rookie season, and the Jaguars finished with a 3-14 record. He also led the league with 17 interceptions that season. Despite this, Lawrence bounced back and had a major turnaround led by current head coach Doug Pederson. They went 9-8 and made his first Pro Bowl. During that season, he threw for 4,113 yards, 25 touchdowns, and only eight interceptions.</p><p>Despite the success in the previous season, the Jaguars quarterback has been a shell of himself. After being dismantled by the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football, retired NFL players LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson called out the quarterback. They even referred to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-desean-jackson-lesean-mccoy-blast-trevor-lawrence-for-trash-play">Lawrence as ‘garbage’ and ‘trash’</a> throughout that game. </p><p>Simmons mentioned another statistic between Lawrence and a former Jaguars quarterback.<br><br>“Blake Bortles started 73 games, he had 103 touchdowns and 75 picks, and Lawrence has started 55 and has 64 touchdowns and 41 picks,” Simmons said. ‘When you see all these numbers it’s pretty alarming and then when you watch the games he makes dumb plays at bad times.”</p><p>It’s hard to deny the evidence. There have been errant throws this season that haven’t occurred in prior seasons. The Jaguars defense hasn’t done Lawrence any favors either. Regardless, it doesn’t explain some of the throws into double coverage, completely misreading a route or not putting enough power on the ball. However, Lawrence can rewrite the script in Week 7 against a New England Patriots that just allowed 41 points.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bill Simmons shares Jaguars’ alarmingly awful Trevor Lawrence comparison

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/is-trevor-lawrence-or-doug-pederson-more-to-blame-for-jaguars-awful-0-4-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Is Trevor Lawrence or Doug Pederson more to blame for Jaguars’ awful 0-4 start?');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Is-Trevor-Lawrence-or-Doug-Pederson-more-to-blame-for-Jaguars-awful-0-4-start.jpg"></figure><h1>Is Trevor Lawrence or Doug Pederson more to blame for Jaguars’ awful 0-4 start?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-30T15:41:44-07:00">September 30th, 3:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-30T15:41:44-07:00">September 30th, 3:41pm</time><address><a>Shane Shoemaker</a>Shane Shoemaker is an Associate Editor and Editorial writer for ClutchPoints, covering a wide range of sports and entertainment topics. Shane is a lifelong Tennessean yet refuses allegiance to any Tennessee-based teams. He's a graduate from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga with a BA in Communications/Journalism. There's a good chance he'll never let you forget the Atlanta Braves won the 2021 World Series.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Around this time during the 2021 season, a looming question surrounded the Jacksonville Jaguars: who was to blame? The Jaguars were on the brink of a 0-5 start, looking worse than expected—which is saying a lot considering they had finished 1-15 just a year prior. Back then, the answer seemed simpler.</p><p>Urban Meyer was in his first season as an NFL head coach, after taking a break from coaching the Ohio State Buckeyes. From the start, it was clear Meyer was in over his head, struggling to grasp how the NFL operated. He was dismissed after 13 games, finishing with a 2-11 record.</p><p>The Jaguars had just drafted Trevor Lawrence with the No. 1 overall pick that year, but Lawrence, like the rest of the team, struggled under Meyer’s leadership. A change was made, and the following season, former Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl-winning coach Doug Pederson took over in Jacksonville.</p><p>It seemed like the perfect match—a proven offensive-minded head coach guiding a “generational talent” like Lawrence. What could go wrong?</p><h2><b>Doug Pederson improved Jaguars and Trevor Lawrence in their first season</b></h2><p>In Pederson’s first season, it seemed like Jaguars owner Shad Khan had solved the Meyer problem. The Jaguars went from 3-14 in 2021 to 9-8 in 2022, earning a playoff berth and advancing to the AFC Divisional round. Meanwhile, Lawrence made significant strides, improving his completion rate from 59.6% to 66.3%, reducing his interceptions from 17 to 8, and increasing his touchdowns from 12 to 25.</p><p>But the Jaguars seemed to stall last season. Despite matching their 9-8 record from 2022, they failed to make the playoffs and went from first in the AFC South and No. 1 overall seed to losing five of their last six games. The massive injury bug that plagued the team, including Lawrence, who missed one game and struggled in others, was contributed to the Jaguars fall.</p><p>The one win during that skid came against the Carolina Panthers—the one game in which Lawrence was sidelined, and backup quarterback C.J. Beathard led the team to victory. Following Sunday’s 24-20 loss to the Houston Texans, Lawrence has now lost nine consecutive games dating back to Dec. 4, when the Jaguars fell to the Cincinnati Bengals in overtime.</p><h2><b>Who deserves the blame?: Doug Pederson or Trevor Lawrence?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/JaguarsTrevor-Lawrence-and-Doug-Pederson-jpg.jpg"><figcaption>© Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This nine-game skid for Lawrence raises concerns, especially considering the new deal he signed during the offseason. That contract is at the center of the issue because he’s the franchise’s greatest investment.</p><p>Khan and the Jaguars decided to secure Lawrence with a five-year, $275 million deal, believing he was their franchise quarterback. In terms of the deal itself, it matches that of a franchise quarterback; in terms of production, it’s looking like a huge miss.</p><p>Fair or not, the blame ultimately falls on Pederson. That’s the burden of any head coach. For whatever reason, Lawrence hasn’t just taken a step back—he’s stumbled and nearly fallen over. He’s now completing just 53.3% of his passes, which has contributed to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-trevor-lawrence-delivers-stern-message-teammates-after-0-4-start">Jaguars’ 0-4 start</a>. And now Pederson himself is all but saying it out loud.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-doug-pederson-throws-players-under-bus-after-0-4-start">Pederson’s recent comments</a> regarding whether he would consider taking over play-calling duties from offensive coordinator Press Taylor likely won’t sit well for his future, considering how he responded.</p><p>“For what? I thought he called a great game,” Pederson said, confirming Taylor was calling plays, <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41518365/doug-pederson-deflects-hot-seat-talk-jaguars-fall-0-4" rel="noopener">per ESPN</a>. “As coaches, we can’t go out there and make the plays. It’s a two-way street. So you guys can sit here and point the finger all you want, and it’s fine. Point it right at me; I can take it. OK. I can take it, so whatever you want. Ask me, say whatever, write, go ahead.”</p><p>While Pederson seems to be taking his share of the blame, his remarks about the players’ execution—presumably Lawrence in particular—will likely not go over well. If the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-hc-doug-pedersons-strange-reaction-to-job-status-question">final call is made</a>, the blame will ultimately fall on him—not their $275 million quarterback.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Is Trevor Lawrence or Doug Pederson more to blame for Jaguars’ awful 0-4 start?

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He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Jacksonville Jaguars are the only team in the NFL with a record of 0-4 to start the season. Although the Jaguars have only lost by one score in three of those games, the team has fallen well short of expectations. Without a doubt, the whole team is on notice, from Lawrence to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-hc-doug-pedersons-strange-reaction-to-job-status-question">head coach Doug Pederson on the hot seat</a>. When speaking about his disappointments and frustrations, quarterback Trevor Lawrence <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ0_6FQMMiE" rel="noopener">spoke to reporters</a> and issued a firm but fair message to himself and his teammates.</p><p>“We just have to keep playing. We have to stay together. It’s some adversity, it’s been tough, not having the success that we want and it’s a lot of guys in there that put a lot of time in. Coaches and players, and really everyone who works with the team. So it’s frustrating, it’s hard, but you have some adversity, you got to get through it, get to the other side of it, and it will help you in the long run, and that’s what we’re preaching as a team.”</p><p>It’s been obvious for some time that the Jaguars need a rebuild.</p><h2><b>A hard reset is necessary for the Jaguars, Lawrence, Pederson</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Jaguars-Trevor-Lawrence-walking-the-sideline.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In June, the Jaguars <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-trevor-lawrence-signs-275-million-contract-extension">committed to Trevor Lawrence with a huge $275M contract extension</a>. Because of that, everything must be done with him in mind, including moving on from Doug Pederson. The so-called offensive guru leads a Jacksonville offense with a 21st-ranked DVOA. The Jags are eighth-worst with 751 passing yards and 12th with 505 rushing yards. Jacksonville is tied for fourth-last with just six touchdowns.</p><p>Lawrence is at least keeping his eyes on the horizon instead of looking back.</p><p>“It’s frustrating that it’s not going our way, and we weren’t able to find a way to win this game. We had some mistakes out there, but we just have to stay together. It’s going to teach us something. It’s going to prepare us for the future and stay positive. There’s things that we did well today, we just have to do more of it and I don’t think we need to blow everything up and start over.</p><p>“We have good players, we have a good scheme offensively. We had great things today, we just got to consistently make those plays. I thought we had a lot of opportunities, so just keep working. That’s the message: just keep working this week.”</p><p>The Jaguars will look to find the win column in Week 5 when they play at home against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, October 6, at 1:00 p.m. EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence delivers stern message to teammates after 0-4 start

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jaguars-news-desean-jackson-lesean-mccoy-blast-trevor-lawrence-for-trash-play');   ga('set', 'title', 'DeSean Jackson, LeSean McCoy blast ‘garbage’ Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence for ‘trash’ play');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DeSean-Jackson-LeSean-McCoy-blast-garbage-Trevor-Lawrence-for-trash-play.jpg"></figure><h1>DeSean Jackson, LeSean McCoy blast ‘garbage’ Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence for ‘trash’ play</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-26T11:11:57-07:00">September 26th, 11:11am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-26T11:11:57-07:00">September 26th, 11:11am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Things have not gone according to plan so far in the young 2024 NFL season for Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-doug-pederson-sets-record-straight-on-urgency-amid-0-3-start">Jaguars currently sit</a> with a record of 0-3 after Monday night’s demolition at the hands of the Buffalo Bills, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jacksonville-jaguars-bold-predictions-for-week-4-vs-texans">and Lawrence hardly</a> resembles the rising star he appeared to be throughout his first couple of seasons in the league.</p><p>Two players who know a lot about both elite and subpar quarterback play are DeSean Jackson and LeSean McCoy,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=288&amp;v=II9LznzIm20&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="noopener"> both of whom</a> recently took to the 25/10 Show to put Lawrence on blast.</p><p>“That quarterback over there is playing terrible, he’s trash,” said Jackson.</p><p>“Hot garbage,” added McCoy.</p><p>McCoy then expanded on just how far Lawrence has fallen off from expectations coming out of Clemson.</p><p>“You get picked # 1 overall,” said McCoy. “Everyone kept saying how good he was. He was supposedly so good he could have left his freshman year and went to the league and now we get to really see him. I ask people what makes him special and nobody can ever give me a concrete answer on what makes him special.”</p><p>While McCoy was perhaps a little bit misleading in his insinuation that Trevor Lawrence has been below average since stepping into the league, the point remains that the former number one overall pick is not playing at a level anywhere near where the Jaguars need him to in order to be successful.</p><h2><b>A stark downward spiral</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Lawrence-vs-Buffalo.jpg"><figcaption>Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Fans would be forgiven for comparing this iteration of the Jaguars to the one that made the AFC Championship Game, and nearly the Super Bowl, in the 2017-18 season. Immediately following that surprise deep playoff run, Jacksonville missed the playoffs the following year and entered another rebuild after having just completed one to get to that point.</p><p>Fast forward to 2022, and Jacksonville once again surprised many by not only making the playoffs but also winning a game once they got there vs the Los Angeles Chargers in epic come from behind fashion.</p><p>However, the Jaguars missed the playoffs last year after a hot start and are now staring that fate in the face once again currently sitting at 0-3.</p><p>While the defense has been among the worst units in the NFL through three weeks, it’s also impossible to ignore just how far Lawrence’s play has fallen in such a short time.</p><p>In any case, the Jaguars will next take the field on Sunday vs the Houston Texans.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

DeSean Jackson, LeSean McCoy blast ‘garbage’ Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence for ‘trash’ play

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jaguars-news-trevor-lawrence-contract-details-ugly-if-he-doesnt-turn-things-around');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence’s contract details are ugly if he doesn’t turn things around');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/0Trevor-Lawrence-contract-details-are-ugly-if-he-doesnt-turn-things-around0.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence’s contract details are ugly if he doesn’t turn things around</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-25T08:47:09-07:00">September 25th, 8:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-26T09:40:37-07:00">September 26th, 9:40am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Jacksonville <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-most-blame-week-3-loss-bills">Jaguars have gotten off to a terrible start in the 2024 NFL season</a>. Jacksonville has a 0-3 record and was completely blown out by Buffalo on Monday Night Football. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-trevor-lawrence-blunt-warning-to-jacksonville-after-bills-disaster">The Jaguars need to turn this thing around ASAP</a> or the entire season will be doomed.</p><p>What’s more concerning is the performance of quarterback Trevor Lawrence. He has not looked like a difference maker through three weeks, only managing 560 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. He has also had a sub-60% completion percentage in each game. This is all the more concerning for Jaguars fans because Lawrence <i>just</i> got paid.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-news-trevor-lawrence-signs-275-million-contract-extension">Jaguars signed QB Trevor Lawrence</a> to a massive five-year, $275 million contract extension this offseason. The deal features $200 million guaranteed and handcuffs Lawrence and the Jaguars for the next several seasons.</p><p>It gets worse than that. ESPN’s Dan Graziano <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/41417187/nfl-week-4-buzz-news-updates-fantasy-tips-predictions-questions" rel="noopener">broke down the details</a> of Lawrence’s contract in an article on Wednesday. The contract included $142 million fully guaranteed at signing, which was split between a signing bonus ($37.5 million) and guaranteed salary.</p><p>Unfortunately, only $1.5 million of Lawrence’s 2024 money is guaranteed from the extension, meaning the rest of the cash comes due in future seasons.</p><p>Lawrence is due a ton of guaranteed money, including $37 million in both 2025 and 2026 and $29 million in 2027. This almost guarantees that Lawrence is going nowhere.</p><p>Trevor Lawrence just turned 25 years old, so there is hope that he can turn around his turbulent NFL career. Of course, it is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaguars-shad-khans-angriest-ever-feeling-is-bad-news-for-doug-pederson">easy to imagine Shad Khan regretting this contract</a> a couple years from now.</p><h2><b>NFL insider links Bill Belichick to Jaguars head coach job after 0-3 start</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Bill-Belichick-with-New-Engand-Patriots.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Jaguars are playing so poorly that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-rumors-insider-links-bill-belichick-jaguars-hc-job-0-3-start">NFL insiders are already speculating about a coaching change</a>.</p><p>There should be no surprise that Bill Belichick’s name has been added to the discussion. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB6vcEwYQ-w&amp;t=1s&amp;ab_channel=DanPatrickShow" rel="noopener">Belichick is reportedly close with Jaguars ownership</a>, per Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, so it makes sense that his name is being discussed.</p><p>“They’re just a sneaky one with [Bill] Belichick for me. Tony Khan has a really strong relationship with Bill Belichick, Shad’s son Tony,” Breer revealed on The Dan Patrick Show. “To the point where, when they hired Doug Marrone as full-time and removed the interim tag in 2017, that was largely on the advice of Bill Belichick to do it.</p><p>“So Bill’s had the ear of ownership in that place for a while now, and I just wonder if that’s not rattling around in the heads of ownership there now, especially when you’re renovating your stadium.”</p><p>The Doug Pederson experiment in Jacksonville seems to be coming to an end. It wasn’t all bad. Just a few years ago, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-derwin-james-immediate-reaction-to-playoff-collapse-vs-jaguars">Jaguars had an impressive comeback win in the playoffs</a>.</p><p>However, the Jaguars crumbled down the stretch in 2023 and that seems to have spilled over into this season as well. Pederson is suddenly on the hot seat, and the Jaguars’ season is in peril. Jacksonville will try to right the ship in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/jacksonville-jaguars/schedule/upcoming">Week 4 against Houston</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
1877.7	10.2	5.8	14

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
1877.7	10.2	5.8	14

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