Jaguars, Trevor Lawrence Can Silence Outlandish Doubters in 2025

Bill Simmons isn't buying into the Jacksonville Jaguars' hype

Not everyone is sold on Liam Coen being able to right the ship for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2025. Once a believer in Trevor Lawrence, The Ringer's Bill Simmons was seemingly burned too greatly by the quarterback's poor showing last season.

On The Bill Simmons Podcast, he didn't mince words on his pessimism for Lawrence, Coen, and the Jaguars as a whole for this upcoming campaign:

"He was one of my big guys last year."

One of his guests, Danny Heifetz, chimed in, "He spurned you, I can tell." Simmons continued his dissection:

"Yeah, and he's also not good. He's not good at football. I'm not willing to wait on [his performance with Liam Coen]. I don't think he's accurate. I think he throws hospital balls left and right. If I was Brian Thomas Jr.'s family, I'd be terrified every game. I don't think he's a smart quarterback. I think he does dumb s***, especially inside the 20. I forgot until I went through my notes how f***ing stupid the Jaguars were last year."

"I just don't think that goes away. I don't think he has it, and I think he's a complete stayaway. Not even for $0 [in an auction draft]."

Simmons didn't put the blame entirely on Lawrence, though. He surmised that the Jaguars actually ruined the quarterback:

"I've watched this happen too many times when these people get infected by being on bad teams for too many years. That's it. It's like gangrene, your leg falls off... I think Trevor Lawrence needs to leave Jacksonville before anything good happens for him. There's too much baggage now. Liam Coen had one good year with Baker Mayfield, and everyone's like, 'Ah, Ben Johnson 2.0!' Are we sure he's even going to be a good coach?"

Bill Simmons has been wrong plenty of times before. For example, if a millionaire had actually followed his million-dollar picks each week for the 2022 season, that person would have wound up in the hole nearly $2.5 million. His comparison between Liam Coen and Ben Johnson is also a great example, considering that Johnson had exactly one more successful season as an NFL offensive coordinator than Coen before both were hired as head coaches.

The Jaguars are hoping that this segment from Simmons will wind up on his pile of freezing cold takes by the end of the 2025 season.

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