Joe Burrow vs Trevor Lawrence

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(12-29-2019, 06:51 PM)OswaldsLegacy Wrote: Finally someone with the sense to see the question and post actual thoughts and rebuttals.

What you say about Lawrence is true, but the point is that he did improve.  The numbers are similar but I give the edge to Lawrence because Lawrence has done it for longer, which speaks of sustained success.

If not for the year he had, Burrow may not even be in discussion.

There is a huge difference in level of competition, though.  Here are Burrow's stats against the AP Top 25 against Lawrence's...

Burrow 143/182 78.6% 1827 yards 15 TD's 2 Int's
Lawrence 40/57 70.2% 570 yards 5 TD's 1 Int

Not only has Burrow massively outperformed Lawrence, he's done it against much tougher competition.  

Furthermore, when you look at what DeShaun Watson did in the same offense as Lawrence, the cracks show even more...

Lawrence
2019 250/370 67.6% 3431 36 TD's 8 Int's
2018 259/397 65.2% 3280 30 TD's 4 Int's

Watson
2016 388/579 67% 4593 41 TD's 17 Int's
2015 333/491 67.8% 4109 35 TD's 13 Int's

Watson also has a huge edge in rushing yards and TD's.  

Or, compare Lawrence to Tua in 2018...

245/355 69% 3966 43 TD's 6 Int's

The hype with Lawrence after last year was that he would develop into one of those 4k+ yard 40+ TD QB's.  While he showed some improvement from last year, he still has a ways to go to hit that level of play and there's no guarantee he does next year.