The summer before Trevor Lawrence's final season at Clemson, his presence at the Manning passing academy sold Archie Manning on a future full of potential.
It’s just that the elder Manning simply couldn’t help but notice Lawrence. He had a presence about him that impressed Archie, the way Trevor walked around and interacted with people.
“We just spent four days with him and I knew he was a Peyton guy and liked Tennessee, but what struck me was his maturity,” said Manning. “My observation was he was really solid and handled himself so good. I just thought he was kind of a special kid.” “My only complaint was I just wanted to see the raw physical ability and I didn’t see it as much as I thought. Then this year, Trevor made himself better in the offseason. And with coach Doug Pederson, we saw it all coming together. They turned that damn team around in months.”
“I think all the praise he got was warranted,” Simms said. “It shows you what an organization, coaching and a GM [Trent Baalke] acquiring talent can do for quarterbacks. The fact Trevor threw four interceptions [against the Chargers] and then came back to throw four touchdowns, I’ve never seen anything like that in a playoff game.
“He’s not going to be mentioned in that one quarterback group yet [with Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, etc.], but next year, he may very well be.”Quarterback narratives rarely stay the same. Lawrence went through a nightmarish rookie season under Urban Meyer, but had far better weapons around him in 2022 in free agent acquisitions Christian Kirk, Zay Jones and Evan Engram, along with running back Travis Etienne returning from injury.
Simms sees a different Lawrence than he once did, one now emboldened with confidence from the Jaguars’ second-half run. Peyton Manning, who transformed the Indianapolis Colts’ franchise from an afterthought into a Super Bowl champion and made 11 playoff appearances in a 12-year stretch, is the one quarterback with whom Lawrence draws many comparisons.
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