Chris Simms' 2024 Top 40 QB Countdown: No. 11 Trevor Lawrence | Chris Simms Unbuttoned | NFL on NBC

Jacksonville Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence lands just outside the top 10 in Chris Simms' Top 40 QB Countdown, with Simms wondering how the franchise signal-caller can adjust when leading his offense during rough stretches. #NBCSports #ChrisSimmsUnbuttoned #jacksonvillejaguars
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[@FreeWorldOnGranny]

If you watch trevor then you know hes special

[@DUVALTV]

✅

[@jackripper5270]

Bha ha ha.... No. Him at #11 is crazy more like #21

[@BratatoChip]

He’s not even top 15 tbh

[@FreeWorldOnGranny]

He had 15 dropped TDs from calvin ridley alone. Get off the stat sheet and watch the film

[@BratatoChip]

@@FreeWorldOnGranny 15 dropped TDs is a stretch but I remember seeing a few he dropped but you can say the snap shit of just about any top QB. He gotta elevate to be like mahomes and then boys

[@travisfoltz904]

Trevor played sped up because pressure up the middle. He didn't trust his line to hold the ball longer to let stuff develop. Hopefully, the projected starting oline stays healthy and works together better than the line last year

[@dbaker386]

I hear you, but he's had so many games where he's overthrowing guys until the 3rd or 4th drive. I think it's a bit of mental with him too

[@GoingInSaiyan]

@@dbaker386 a bottom 5 oline in terms of pass AND run block will for sure destroy your mental abilities. oline gets better, trevor has trust, trevor can relax, and those overthrows ( even though he was ranked 7th in throws 20 yards or more last season, so this overthrowing thing to me is a little silly to begin with ) will stop.

[@FXJumper]

@@dbaker386no he hasn’t he’s top 10 completion %

[@IanEskelson]

I think our O-line will do quite better this year. That was the main culprit, especially when ALL of them were injured. If they weren't playing, they were playing injured. Excited to see pressureless Trevor. If he's well protected but still underperforms, then it will be time to worry.

[@dbaker386]

Joe burrow went all the way to the superbowl with the 31st worst offensive line in the league that year. If your THE guy u have to elevate your team. I've only seen him truly elevate them against the cowboys a couple seasons ago. Yes the oline needs help, but that's not enough when your supposed to be this era's Peyton Manning he has to own it this year. No more excuses

[@sapperfella2799]

If the O line holds up, Trev will have a good year.

[@diamondhickspharmd2808]

Fair assessment

[@JermBreed]

Very fair honestly

[@garymobleyii2320]

Agree 💯 on your breakdown of TL. I do have to take a little bit of issue with your take on Christain Kirk. When he got hurt and was out for the season, this was a VERY different offense that the wheels came off of. He is THAT guy imo and I think it showed in a big way.

[@davidnelson6874]

In college he showed some signs of inconsistency. It’s still there. He has so much talent that I think coaching is so crucial with Lawrence. He could still be great.

[@ryanalderman8960]

Sam Howell is now his teammate? The hell are you talking about? lol

[@nathanchildress5596]

You'd think a 6'6" guy with huge hands could hold on to the freaking ball. There's being talented, and then there's getting the job done

[@FiredOnMyDayOff]

If Jags cut Trevor right now how many teams would break their neck running to the phone to call his agent? Here's the answer, 23-25 teams including most of you guys teams who hate him.

[@Spam-pq2sg]

Facts

[@Duuuval23]

Simms seeing that he hasn’t seen Trevor yell at anybody is funny. I guess he missed the numerous times last year when Trevor was yelling at Ridley for running the wrong route.

[@matzouki]

Bro all the time Ridley’s straight bricks

[@hunterXpatterson]

Get the whole video up before you post clips! No one wants spoilers

[@clos24]

Trevor does more with less than any other qb. Before this yr who had less and was good? You can't say mahomes is playing with bums then call kelce the best tight end ever, Josh Allen had Diggs, hurts has all pros every where. Please tell me who has done more with less than Trevor lawrence

[@dawnstatis1]

Facts bro! They fail to realize that almost any Qb you can name they all have or had better weapons and some better weapons and o lines than Tlaw… Cousins had Diggs and JJ. Burrow has Chase and T. Higgins. Purdy has Debo and Brandon. Hurts has Brown and Smith. Herbert had two too wide before this year hell even Dak has had better weapons!!! All Tlaw has had are a bunch of twos and threes that have all had career years with Lawrence but everyone overlooks those details I’m not saying Lawrence is great but at least put things into context if you’re going to diss him

[@jags9046]

The only qb’s that come to mind are baker and stroud but you’re right he hasn’t had much talent. And Ridley isn’t better than Kirk in all honesty and last year he lost Kirk. If his oline is good he’s gonna prove a lot of people wrong

[@venskus2009]

Jordan love Geno Lamar Herbert

[@omz31]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@venskus2009maybe jordan love, but huh? Geno- has DK, Lockett, and Njigba Lamar- has Andrews & Flowers and also has had OBJ and DeSean Herbert- had Allen, Ekeler, and Mike Williams

[@clos24]

@@jags9046 having Mike Evans who's probably the most consistent WR in history besides rice and fitzs helped and also the oline. No oline from the jags are making pro bowls or all pros. Ridley is good but he also was rusty coming off a two yr absent.

[@kyleflood3125]

Sam Howell is with my Seahawks lol not his teammate

[@pauldew62]

You guys are all ignoring his stats in coordination with the 8-3 record prior to getting injured with an ankle and knee (same leg) , concussion, and shoulder? Any other qb gets a pass but sure I guess (according to posters) Kyler (who hasn’t won a playoff game or geno ( who’s been in the league for over 10 years) are better than Trevor or that he should be ranked 21st 😂😂😂😂😂 what haters. Trevor’s biggest problem is doing to much and fumbling. WAY TOO MANY FUMBLES

[@123shoshan]

8-3 because of the defense

[@pauldew62]

@@123shoshan the defense the finished near dead last in the nfl? The offense averaged near 30 points a game in those wins.

[@123shoshan]

@@pauldew62 that’s the point clown that’s why they went from 8-3 to 9-8

[@Zurcjax]

I think some of it is due to playing in Jacksonville too. Ppl just want to hate on him. It’s clear he’s a top 10 QB.

[@Zurcjax]

@@123shoshan Go Colts!

[@floydbrooks2193]

DUUUVVAAAL!!!

[@HockeyDudeJames2]

11 is really high for a dude with more turnovers than Tds

[@GuruLiving4]

This is the best lineup on both sides of the line since 2017

[@jarvy7393]

I'm not going to make excuses for Trevor. 11 is a fair assessment in my opinion. If you think there are 20 guys ahead of him, though, that's just crazy 😂😂. To each their own, I guess. You don't have to like dude, but let's be realistic.

[@Spam-pq2sg]

Bro dropped a "holy shit" on here 😂😂😂

[@leevancleef358]

His play ranges between "mediocre" to "good"...he needs to get it to between "good" and "Very Good"...they got him some more weapons...we shall see...but dude needs to step it up. Right now he is NOT a "closer" ...a guy who if we are behind and need a TD with under 2min left can Make it Happen much more often than not...he needs to become that.

[@MawjFilms]

Great analysis

[@boroben9548]

#11 for Trevor? Much too high. And when you have Richardson ranked like 32nd I can’t take Sims seriously.

[@jacksonbehrens461]

Richardson played like 5 games?

[@benjaminhoff5004]

​​@@jacksonbehrens461Sat behind... Emory Jones in college. Was average for 1 season. Top 5 pick to one of the worst franchises in the NFL. Played a single game, knee soreness... then a concussion, then a throwing shoulder injury after 4 games. Somehow this all added up to him being the next Cam Newton. I don't get it.

[@ladidadi2054]

Burrow’s defense has literally done all the hard work and he gets the credit at usually putting them in the hole in the first 3 quarters… Happens to often stop putting him next to guys that make no mistakes in big moments burrow has had a defense and year 2 on an all star wr core

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

All that talk through the off-season and yall still have trevor top 12 lmfao yall just cant admitte hes a great qb lmfao

[@ssraebel]

He’s not great.

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

@@ssraebel stop he's great and will prove it this year aint no injuries in the way this time

[@jags9046]

If his oline is good and wr’s stay healthy (Kirk) he will be top 5 at the end of this year!

[@JermBreed]

I think this was a fair assessment.. He'll prove to everyone soon how good he is

[@GoingInSaiyan]

@@ssraebel Took a team that for three years went 2-14 and 1-15 and 3-13 to back to back 9-8 seasons, had the Jags at 8-3 last season with a bunch of wr2s and 3s until half the offense got injured.

[@buddysteele7624]

Leave it to Ahmed to interrupt the flow just to say some stupid joke that isn’t funny

[@Oklahoma-Dreaming]

I think Trevor is great. He does have a tendency here and there to airmail a throw, and I don’t know if it’s an overthrow, if his release point is off, whatever. Maybe he gets a little extra adrenaline and just throws it into the cheap seats. I think it was the last game last year and the Jags had to win to make the playoffs. And Trevor airmailed it on fourth down on the final drive and it was over. Trevor has a killer arm, that’s for sure. I think he could think a little more about the situation sometimes, maybe be a little smarter on risk-reward. If he does that he definitely is in the “elite” category. But still the Jags should open the vault for him because he has incredible ability.

[@123shoshan]

He’s average at best

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

He suffered an injury to his throwing arm that's why you saw the collapse

[@jags9046]

So in football when you have a trash oline particularly the center which is the only thing between the qb and the defender it throws off the timing from the entire play. So in trevors mind he’s trying to get the ball out of his hands as fast as possible. And he becomes very uncomfortable. Plays can’t develop. It even speeds up the wr’s to try and get to spots faster than they should. If there’s someone in your face constantly then the ball tends to over shoot or just comes out too fast. If you wanna blame anyone for last years falling apart blame the coaching staff. Because they should have drew up plays to offset the bad oline. But Mark my words if the jags 2024 oline is good this year and can stay healthy he will be top 5 by the end of this year!

[@LVCruze]

he suffered an AC Joint injury in the tampa game, his throwing arm was messed up.

[@123shoshan]

@@LVCruze stop career 85 qb rating

[@ethand8142]

Surfers definitely yell at people.

[@timeliness545]

Why have Lawrence over Cousins. Cousins has a solid body of work.Lawrence has not..

[@jags9046]

STOP THE CAP!! trevor has the same amount of playoff wins as cousins and received that win in a lot shorter time! And cousins had diggs and Jefferson.

[@timeliness545]

@jags9046 Thats your criteria. Give me a break...

[@venskus2009]

Kirk made diggs and Jefferson and thielen 😂 What’d Lawrence do with Kirk and Ridley? Lawrence threw four picks and still had a playoff win. Kirk played lights out every playoff game and his defense still lost the games.

[@oaklandtraphouse]

He has to stop throwing ints

[@Davy904]

If you watch go back and watch the games a good chunk of his INTs came from WR batting the ball up or not being on the same page with his WR. He needs to cut the fumbling though.

[@123shoshan]

@@Davy904that is on him for throwing those

[@Davy904]

@@123shoshan hitting some one in the hands is his fault I guess

[@jags9046]

@@123shoshanit’s not on Trevor when his wr’s (Ridley) keeps running the wrong routes.

[@Theflipbros7]

No real deal threats btw

[@bpmdrums]

Acleticksism

[@jackied962]

I don't hate Lawerence but this is way too high. Even guys like Geno Smith had better numbers last year.

[@jags9046]

Playoff wins Geno Smith -0 Trevor Lawrence-1 It took Geno how many years to be decent??!! And he had to play on a pretty loaded team to do so. Trevor has done more already with a lot less

[@tjayd1225]

I’ll take Purdy over Lawrence easily. He’s basically Carson Wentz with a better attitude towards his teammates

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

If trevor was playing for the avengers they would have two sb already Purdy is a product of the head coach get tf out of here

[@noahbrowning4293]

​@@kevinlunpkins2691 chill bud he has 1 playoff win

[@ssraebel]

@@kevinlunpkins2691LOL! Wrong. Teams don’t win playoff games when the QB turns the ball over like he does. The 1 playoff win was a great comeback….due to the 4 picks. 11 year season ticket holder and Jags fan.

[@HDBabey]

yea no he isnt. Your literally only saying that cause he has doug as a hc. He plays nothing like wentz... like at all.

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

@@ssraebel in a rebuild year at the age of 23 and no one has the squad that Purdy has he just has to be good enough not to lose the game clearly winning the sb has been a different story

[@Jon-nu7cy]

Tua at 18 and Trevor at 11 is all I need to know Simms is clueless about assessing QBs.

[@JohnAC4]

Cry more

[@Jon-nu7cy]

@@JohnAC4 Only people that should be crying are people that think Trevor is anything but the biggest bust in the last 20 years lol

[@chaseparker1993]

@@Jon-nu7cyhe’s better than your favorite team’s QB guaranteed

[@LVCruze]

imagine Trevor having Miami's offense.

[@Jon-nu7cy]

@@chaseparker1993 Lucky for us we get to find out week 1

[@JMichael-xc7uu]

How is Lawerance rated that high? He is the Daniel Jones twin

[@jordanjmdjmd74]

About 10 spots too high

[@dolphindenny5989]

This dude has Gardner Minshew stats and he’s ranked this high? gtfo

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

​@@dolphindenny5989Tua has done nothing with the best offesnse in the league so stfu

[@ThatsCrazyBro3752]

Jordan love in 1 year is already better than tlaw

[@DUVALTV]

🧢

[@ExposingFootballFallacies]

He overrated Trevor heavy ngl

[@ExposingFootballFallacies]

Last year too, he was 6 lmao

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

​@@ExposingFootballFallacieshe was in the divisional round you know where cj made it to last year but trevor had three injuries

[@ExposingFootballFallacies]

@@kevinlunpkins2691 I think CJ is significantly better than Trevor

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

@@ExposingFootballFallacies but hes not he made it exactly where trevor was a year before also cj wouldn't have seen the playoffs at all if trevor didn't get hurt in the game for the one seed and the afc south title which was the same game

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

@@ExposingFootballFallacies trevor also made it to the divisional round in a rebuild year under a new system

[@Celestial-Dragon]

Him and Herbert most overrated players in sports

[@ssraebel]

I’m a Jags fan and not a fan of Trevor. He turns the ball over way too much, he locks onto his 1st option a large majority of the time, and quite frankly the only reason he is being fawned all over is because he was drafted #1 overall and these guys (NFL commentators) don’t want to admit being wrong. If Trevor was drafted lower or even out of the 1st round he’d be on the hot seat to be replaced. If the turnovers don’t drop drastically this coming season the story will be written on Trevor and that he’s a guy that had all kinds of physical potential but lacks the mental aspect of the game.

[@DUVALTV]

🧢

[@thatdude659]

this is a complete joke. chris this youyr next danial jones smh. kyler>>>>> trevor lawless

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

Lmao your a delusional cardinals fan with no hope of seeing the playoffs

[@Maugisfusion]

Seriously, Trevor Lawrence is so much better than Kyler Murray that it's not even comparable. Kyler Murray can't even see over his own offensive linemen. He also doesn't study. Apparently, he prefers call of duty over play calls. Come on man. There's this narrative that Trevor Lawrence is a bust and it's completely ridiculous. There are two legitimate points that can be made about Trevor Lawrence and that is he needs to be more consistent and the turnovers need to be fixed. Those are absolutely valid. All the other stuff that people say is just an uninformed, regurgitated narrative from people that do not watch Jaguar games or Trevor Lawrence on a consistent basis. The Jags were eight and three before Trevor got hurt. He probably shouldn't have played in hindsight but he did and that is a fair criticism. But it's not a coincidence that when Trevor got hurt the Jaguars went in the tank. I like Kyler Murray. He's a good little quarterback. But he's not Trevor Lawrence and there's plenty of GM's including Arizona's who would absolutely trade for Trevor Lawrence if he was available.

[@cumeshofmoab5338]

Trevor L was amazing in the playoffs this year..oh wait, he couldnt win the worst division in the nfl lol sims is embarrassing

[@FreeWorldOnGranny]

He was injured including most of his receivers and line SMH he was 8-3 before his shoulder went out

[@travisfoltz904]

NFCS was the worst division

[@dawnstatis1]

How was it the worst division when the Texans jags and colts were one win away from all of them being in the playoffs??? Why comment when you don’t know what you’re talking about

[@carltonc.1218]

Tf you talking bout? The AFC South had three winning record teams last season. Only one other division can say that in the NFL.

[@dawnstatis1]

@@carltonc.1218 you know folks don’t be knowing wtf they be talking about they just type in ignorance

[@Whydoweneedhandles427]

I’m taking Geno over Trevor

[@kevinlunpkins2691]

With what playoff win

[@jags9046]

Geno??!! lol by the time Trevor is 33 he will be way better than geno and it won’t take Trevor 10 years to be decent 😂

[@DUVALTV]

Silly choice

[@garrettJackson-cu9mi]

Trevor all day 904

[@willtyler2858]

Nah

[@johnofmalta]

Chris Simms is why we have “double blind” in research. He gives TLaw double credit for physical traits. Lawrence has put together one good half season in three years. Eventually you gotta judge him on his play and not his traits and “bad circumstances”. Still love me some Chris Simms but just have to discount for his prejudices.

[@ggbchronicles7355]

What a clown list

[@bradymac2158]

I'm taking caleb kyler baker Purdy love all over Trevor easily. 11 is way too high

[@DUVALTV]

🧢