Yes, I am being smug. And I'm sorry for that.
However, just cause I'm saying there is a narrative doesn't mean you're subject to it or that that's what I'm being smug about. I'd like to hear an argument from you that defines Lamar's clear weaknesses, gives examples that we can all observe and discuss and clarifies your critiques.
And look, this is a message board, you don't have to do that. I'm sure you've got better things to do. But the less specific any of us are discussing these things (me included!) the more likely we'll end up in disagreements like this.
I have done this many times already. I summarized my take on running QBs in other threads. You will read past the key points and make assumptions as per usual but what the hell let me try again.
Jackson needs to be able to win from the pocket. He is one of the best runners at the position ever. He won the MVP largely fueled by that ground threat. But when it comes to big games he has to be able to find receivers in that handful of plays where the result of the game turns. This year he had the team around him to win it all. That was a title roster. But they came up short. This next year he may not have that quality of team around him, so missing that title was an enormous hit to him and his legacy. But the book on Jackson is to contain him and stop their run game and you can beat him, and that proved true this year in the playoffs in spite of him leading a STACKED team.
And as to your smug comment about Maye and hyper obsessed desire to take offense that he's "not a running QB" I will say again from the moment he comes into the league teams will play him as a pocket QB. They will come after him. He will not be able to counter that and slow the rush because he's not enough of a threat with his legs. Which will prove to be true in his rookie season I can assure you. He is not going to blow it up on the ground. His ceiling however is potentially very high. Because he does project to win from the pocket. I have knocks on his passing and all that btw, but the talent is there.
The QBs who have that plus run threat on top of winning from the pocket have potential to be those super elites like Elway and Mahomes. But it's not necessary. The only thing that is necessary is being able to win in the playoffs when a team contains you in the pocket. Because if you cannot do that teams will do that to you and you will go home.
