Lawrence, like the team itself, has struggled through the first two weeks. So what’s Pederson’s diagnosis as a quarterback mind?

“I think when you evaluate Trevor — and I know the quarterback position gets a lot of criticism, I think, but there’s some issues that, just assignment errors that need to be fixed, obviously,” he told reporters on Thursday. “I think he’s done a good job. Can he get better? Yeah, he can get better. I think that’s all part of just continuing to grow. I also think, you look at us, we’ve had more backup drives in two games, I think we’ve had that in two years. So our starting position has been tough, so there’s some challenges there as well.

“We’re dealing with certain situations there, but I think he’s on the right track. He’s doing some really good things. I think in the game the other day, we just didn’t have enough chances in the first half. He made some really good throws to Brian (Thomas Jr.) and we kept pushing the ball down. I also think when he’s not there, he’s done a good job of getting him down, running or finding the back end. So we just have to keep working.”

It’s a head coach’s job to figure out what works and what doesn’t to put his team and quarterback in the best possible position to win, and it will be imperative that Pederson figures that out quickly.

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