Why Kansas City Chiefs Will Win the AFC Divisional Round
Yeah, that long-haired guy slinging it on the other side needs a little time to work.
It’s not like Trevor Lawrence hasn’t seen it all on the collegiate level or in the first part of his NFL life, but he has to put together a solid, steady, and consistent game to get this done, and that’s just not him lately.
Brilliant in the comeback win over Dallas and in the thriller last week against the Chargers, he finds his rhythm when he’s able to fire away with nothing to lose. The problem is that he’s putting his team in a position to need the monster comeback.
He made the Tennessee win a whole lot harder than it had to be, he was just okay in the win over the Jets, and the first half against LA was next-level bad.
It’s up to Kansas City to force him to go with his first read.
The five sacks of Lawrence in the first meeting were the most all year. Philadelphia got to him four times, and so did Indianapolis. There’s a correlation here – Jacksonville is 2-6 when he gets sacked multiple times. One of those wins was last week.
There’s that, and there’s the Jaguar inability to get the defense off the field – the third down stops aren’t there. That’s sort of a problem against 15, and that’s why …
– Jaguars at Chiefs Prediction, What’s Going to Happen