Trevor Lawrence was supposed to be a generational quarterback prospect.
When the Jacksonville Jaguars took him No. 1 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft, he was considered the top QB to be drafted since the Colts got Andrew Luck nearly a decade earlier.
And then for a few seasons, Lawrence was just pretty average.
It looked like the Jags may have gotten an adequate starting quarterback but nothing more than that.
And then this season happened.
And now?
Lawrence looks like a superstar.
ESPN's Mike DiRocco broke this down in a new article, and he listed the biggest discovery of this season is that Lawrence is "finally the player the Jaguars thought they were getting."
"Lawrence had played very good football in spurts, but never before at the level that coach Liam Coen has unlocked this season," DiRocco writes. "Since Week 11, Lawrence ranks fourth in QBR (76.8), passing yards (1,754) and yards per attempt (8.2) -- and he's tied for the NFL lead with 16 TD passes. The Jags are 7-0 in that stretch. Blitzing Lawrence used to be the way to go, but over the past three games, he's completing at least 70% of his passes against the blitz, with eight TDs and only one interception."
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The Jaguars are division champs and will host a home game in the first round of the playoffs.
If Lawrence keeps playing like this, there may be a deep postseason run coming.
That's exactly what the Jaguars wanted when they drafted Lawrence. It just took a few years to get here.
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