mdonnelly21 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Quote He's THE BEST talented QB since John Elway! That's what I heard about Andrew Luck coming out of college. Quote "ONCE in a generational talent. Maybe the greatest QB prospect of all time." That was back in 2011-2012 not even 8 years ago today. Now all a sudden you hear that about Trevor Lawrence. Now he's considered "A generational talent" The greatest QB prospect of all time! So two-generational once in a lifetime talents within the span of a decade? Not buying it. I will be two of the better prospects and probably the two best of this decade but better off leaving the once in a lifetime prospects out of the equation. Edited January 10, 2020 by mdonnelly21 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 No, I dont think I will. Like Trevor Lawrence, I too am a once in a generation talent. In bed. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 You can't even call Trevor Lawrence a generational prospect because is he even a better prospect right now than Joe Burrow? Luck was a generational prospect, but nothing more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdonnelly21 Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, AFlaccoSeagulls said: You can't even call Trevor Lawrence a generational prospect because is he even a better prospect right now than Joe Burrow? Luck was a generational prospect, but nothing more. You will see that by many scouts and beat writers. John Burrow is going to go #1 hands down in this years draft. But very few have called him a generational talent like they have Trevor Lawrence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 21 minutes ago, AFlaccoSeagulls said: You can't even call Trevor Lawrence a generational prospect because is he even a better prospect right now than Joe Burrow? Yes. Yes, yes my goodness yes. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 With the average NFL career lasting not quite 3 years, I think that "generational" in football years should be 10 years. Therefore, both Adrian Peterson in 2007 and Saquon Barkley were "generational talents" 11 years apart...even though Barkely is no Nick Chubb. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboRocket Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 There was never a time when Burrow was a better prospect than Lawrence. TLaw hurt his standing at the start of the season, but nobody saw Burrow as a first-round talent at that point. Burrow impressed everybody, but TLaw has rehabbed his stock plus some in my eyes over the second half of this season. He's fantastic. Is he a perfect prospect? No. But would I rate him higher than Luck? Yep. Who from the past 20 years would I rate higher than him overall as a QB? Nobody. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboRocket Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 minute ago, MWil23 said: With the average NFL career lasting not quite 3 years, I think that "generational" in football years should be 10 years. Therefore, both Adrian Peterson in 2007 and Saquon Barkley were "generational talents" 11 years apart...even though Barkely is no Nick Chubb. Seconded. A generational prospect is the best prospect of their generation. Not a once-in-a-lifetime prospect. Those are two different things. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, HoboRocket said: Seconded. A generational prospect is the best prospect of their generation. Not a once-in-a-lifetime prospect. Those are two different things. Exactly. I mean, there will be 9 years in the draft between Luck (2012) and Lawrence (2021). Throw in that Lawrence will be a Junior and Luck was a senior, and that's 10 years. That's plenty of time to use "generational" without throwing it around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broncofan Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) I mean, nowadays 1 year seems like a generation, the way ppl's memories seem to work. And by god, yes, Lawrence is that much better than Burrow pro prospect-wise. Holy recency bias Batman. Edited January 10, 2020 by Broncofan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 The first thing you have to understand is that football fans are very emotional and reactionary. Every year there is a new generational talent at half the positions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetana34 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Yes it's overused. A guy can be good, maybe the best at his position, and not be a generational talent. People don't understand that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackywabbit Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 A decade is essentially a generation for an NFL lifespan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondbull424 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I look at generational as athleticism. Whereas I would use “best since” in most other cases. Barkley is a generational athlete at RB. Vick was generational. Lamar Jackson is a generational athlete at his position. Randy Moss was generational. Nelson is generational. I know generational when I see it. I don’t see “generational” with Lawrence. I see a really good prospect that’s probably the SAFEST since Andrew Luck. But I don’t think what he legitimately represents is BETTER than Mahomes or Jackson. Which is why I don’t believe you tank for any player. Especially when Justin Fields looks like he might represent a similar dominance level as TL at the next level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Joe Thomas Adrian Peterson Calvin Johnson ...were all generational talents at their respective positions (warranted by their draft position too btw) and they came out in the SAME DRAFT. It happens, people just don't want to admit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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