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Over the weekend, Doug Pederson’s upstart Jacksonville Jaguars absolutely steamrolled the Los Angeles Chargers, who were a popular preseason pick to win the AFC, by a score of 38-10 (folks, losing by four touchdowns in the NFL is an absolute *beatdown*).
In the game, former #1 overall pick Trevor Lawrence — who truly almost had his career derailed by Urban Meyer during his rookie year — completed 28 of 39 passes for 262 yards and three touchdowns. While it’s hard to reason that Lawrence’s stat line was better than Lamar Jackson’s five total touchdowns, 218 passing yards, and 107 rushing yards, that’s another argument for another day.
The point to take away from Lawrence’s AFC Player of the Week victory in Week 3 is that the 22-year-old former Clemson QB looks every bit of the franchise-altering talent that analysts expected him to be when he was coming out of college, and the reason it’s taken “this long” is simple: he’s no longer playing for Urban Meyer.
Naturally, given Lawrence’s stunningly rapid turnaround, NFL fans have been absolutely crushing Urban Meyer and wondering how bad of a coach he must be if he was capable of making Lawrence look like such a poor player.
NFL fans wonder just how bad of an NFL coach Urban Meyer was after Trevor Lawrence wins AFC Player of the Week
Turns out Super Bowl winning Doug Pederson might be a good head coach and notorious asshole Urban Meyer might be a bad one 🤔
— Eric Italiano (@eric_ital) September 25, 2022
“I can’t believe we as a society almost allowed Urban Meyer to ruin Trevor Lawrence,” said one Twitter user.
I can’t believe we as a society almost allowed Urban Meyer to ruin Trevor Lawrence.
— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) September 25, 2022
Trevor Lawrence with Urban Meyer vs Trevor Lawrence with Doug Pederson pic.twitter.com/geQpFoO077
— #RingerNFL (@ringernfl) September 25, 2022
Trevor Lawrence when the Jags fired Urban Meyer and hired Doug Pederson pic.twitter.com/pRRmuzEbup
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) September 25, 2022
Urban Meyer making Trevor Lawrence look like a bad football player might be the most impressive thing he’s done in his career.
— Offseason Chopz (@Pchopz_) September 25, 2022
Trevor Lawrence without Urban Meyer pic.twitter.com/icFLfd7kNz
— Memes (@PardonMyMeme) September 25, 2022
“Trevor Lawrence would’ve had a better rookie season if a VHS player was his head coach. It’s frankly unreal how big of a disaster Urban Meyer was,” another NFL fan joked.
Trevor Lawrence would’ve had a better rookie season if a VHS player was his head coach. It’s frankly unreal how big of a disaster Urban Meyer was.
— Chris Castellani (@Castellani2014) September 25, 2022
Seeing how Trevor Lawrence has looked thru the first 3 games, it looks like a crime what Darrell Bevell & Urban Meyer did to that young man his rookie season.
— Brett James (@thebrettjames1) September 26, 2022
Best thing that ever happened to Trevor Lawrence was getting rid of urban meyer
— Matt Baker (@MMBaker5) September 26, 2022
Trevor Lawrence after surviving Urban Meyer pic.twitter.com/b0WFH3OapH
— Eric Crocker 🥷🏾 (@Crocky209) September 25, 2022
Urban Meyer deserves a life sentence for what he did with year 1 Trevor Lawrence
— Jake (@SuperiorNBA) September 25, 2022
Urban Meyer was the problem in Jacksonville, not Trevor Lawrence.
— Brandon Liguori (@BrandonRLiguori) September 25, 2022
Through three games this season, Lawrence has completed nearly 70% of his passes for six touchdowns and just one interception. Furthermore, the Jaguars are currently in first place in the AFC South.
While the road victory over the Chargers should be enough to prove that they’re legit, the Jags will have a real chance to make a statement on Sunday when they take on the 3-0 Philadelphia Eagles — who many believe can make it to the Super Bowl — on Sunday.