There's really no defense for the hate. He runs and fumbles that ball then HE becomes the scapegoat. Think about that dumbass Cowboys player who got the fumble on Stafford then lost it trying to run.
shyt, at least Lawrence was able to make up for his mistake by coming up with the game clinching sack. The play I think of with this exact scenario is when Marlon McCree fumbled away a critical interception on 4th down for the Chargers in the 06 Divisional Round against the Patriots and Reche Caldwell recovered for the Patriots, keeping them in the game. If McCree bats the ball down, it's game over. If he gets down on the ground, it's game over. If he doesn't play hot potato with the ball, it's game over. Instead, he helped blow the Chargers 14-2 season
What's especially ironic is how Marty Schottenhimer specifically told his team to get down on the ground if they were to make a play like that one which would seal the game, and he went against everything his coach (and common sense) told him. There was no way he would have scored on that play, yet he kept trying to make a play when there was no reason to and nothing there. He paid for it dearly
So you'll have to forgive me for thinking that a linebacker getting down on the ground and playing it safe with what he thought was the game sealing interception isn't the reason that the Packers lost the game. How about the fact that the Packers had the ball inside the Seahawks 5 yard line twice and came away with only 6 points? How about the fact that they settled for a total of 5 field goals, gave up 2 touchdowns in the last 3 minutes of regulation and 3 in the last 6 minutes of the game including overtime?