Say what you will about Trevor Lawrence through a mostly making an attempt year, but the Jacksonville Jaguars rookie quarterback continue to isn’t frightened to converse his thoughts.
Lawrence designed some ripples just before the season when he stated he failed to experience the need to have to manufacture motivation for himself. Then he attained some lifted eyebrows in Oct when he semi-questioned his coaches’ reservations about his QB-sneaking capacity.
Now Lawrence is talking his intellect again, this time sticking up for a teammate.
Functioning again James Robinson was a surprising rookie standout for the 1-15 Jags in 2020 following currently being undrafted out of Illinois State, rumbling for 1,070 yards and catching 49 passes regardless of missing two games in an otherwise dropped season for Jacksonville.
But this calendar year? Robinson has been amazingly tied down by City Meyer and the Jags’ coaching employees, who have often favored journeyman Carlos Hyde, who performed for Meyer at Ohio Condition several years back.
Above the past two video games — with the Jaguars dropping both equally by a combined 58-21 depend — Robinson had spells of 16 and 20 consecutive offensive performs, respectively, where by he wasn’t on the discipline. (The 20-enjoy stretch on the bench against the Rams came soon after Robinson fumbled.)
It is not just Robinson’s fantasy professionals who are coming to his protection now. Lawrence spoke up for Robinson on Wednesday, declaring he wants Robinson to be on the subject as a great deal as attainable.
“In my eyes, definitely, I’m the one that’s out, see all the parts shifting, I see the entire photograph,” Lawrence said this week. “Bottom line, James is one of our finest gamers, and he is acquired to be on the discipline and we addressed it.
“I truly feel like we’re in a fantastic spot and the entire crew, we are superior. Whatsoever may have took place, I truthfully don’t even know everything that went into it.”
Strong words and phrases from rookie QB could acquire over Jaguars teammates
It really is not usually that a rookie quarterback — even a No. 1 general select — will make a assertion as powerful as, “He’s got to be on the field,” even on a staff with, technically, a rookie NFL head coach. Of course, calling Meyer that also requirements to come with the caveat of stated coach profitable a few countrywide titles in school soccer.
Lawrence seems undaunted in his help, which we suspect will go a extended way inside the locker space. Meyer might not be in Jacksonville for prolonged. But Lawrence, even amid his rookie travails, isn’t really likely wherever anytime soon.
That is why he very likely feels emboldened to speak out in defense of his teammate. Lawrence additional that he’s not the mentor, but he wasn’t concerned to explain to the Jaguars his thoughts for his managing again.
“I’m participating in the recreation and stuff happens on the sideline with coaching conclusions,” Lawrence said. “I you should not seriously get into that, but I know and I voiced my view: James is a single of our greatest gamers and he’s bought to be in the recreation.
“I consider we are all on the very same website page, so there’s no confusion there. We are going to go forward. I know James is a hell of a player, so I want him out there.”
