In my opinion this comes down to a few things. Trevor was dubbed a “generational” talent. Maybe people felt like he didn’t deserve that. Regardless of whether he did or didn’t deserve that title, just calling him “generational” created an ambiguous and subjective expectation of greatness. In other words, anything short of a fully developed and hyper mobile prime Peyton Manning in year one was proof that Trevor was not “generational”. Add in the fact that Urban Meyer knew less than nothing about developing a young qb and you have the perfect storm for people to claim “I told you so”. Since then we’ve seen Trevor can make every throw on the field and can read a defense pre and post snap better than most other qbs in the league. Is he a HOF? Not yet. Could he be? He certainly has the potential.

Herbert on the other hand was a bit of a surprise pick at 6th overall. Much less pressure on a guy coming in under the radar. (I understand there is pressure being picked 6th but it is vastly different than a freshman qb being called the 1st overall pick 3 years early) Also, do not discount the fact that Herbert plays in LA vs Trevor being in Jax. This plays a huge role in how mass media portrays each QBs situation. All that said, I think people love being right and they love to hate. Everyone and their mother had an opinion on Trevor, therefor you’re going to see more people exclaiming whether they were right about him. Herbert had a fraction of the expectations or pressure on him to IMMEDIATELY succeed and exceeded expectations early on. Now people are desperate to remain “right” about Herbert so they double down on his greatness and avoid criticizing him. TLDR: Trevor is an easier target for hate I guess.

Press Taylor is a curse

They called it out on Ridley last week for this same catch

Uh oh trevor starting to shit talk

How bout we utilize ETN more