Biggs on the danger of starting Fields right away.
Aug 29, 2021 8:06:29 GMT -6
riczaj01 and MartianBearsFan like this
Post by JABF on Aug 29, 2021 8:06:29 GMT -6
I agree with this. It's what riczaj01 has been saying since day-1. This is just a part of the article itself. But Biggs, and Ric, make a great point about not being in a rush to get Fields out there.
LINK
There’s no need to overthink this one. General manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy are under pressure to show progress this season. Period. Their jobs are on the line, so the career development of the Bears’ latest franchise quarterback is the No. 1 thing when it comes to self-preservation. We can all agree on that, right?
So, the thinking has to be they can’t harm Fields by waiting to insert him into the starting lineup. Delaying that process isn’t going to hinder him. They could potentially harm him if they roll him out there too soon. If you don’t think throwing a rookie in too early in his career has led to disastrous results, go study some of the guys that have flamed out. Sure, many of them would have been busts anyway, but pushing a rookie in prematurely can cause issues.
The Bears have an offensive line that has had a rough training camp and preseason. The starting unit has been together for all of 21 preseason snaps, all in the first half of this third game. Nagy can’t say if left tackle Jason Peters will be conditioned to play an entire game against the Rams. Right tackle Germain Ifedi played for the first time. He allowed a sack, a pressure on Fields’ 20-yard touchdown pass to Jesper Horsted and was called for a false start.
Would it really be wise to roll Fields out behind this offensive line until the team has gotten a little better look at what it has? Fields might be easier to protect than Dalton because of his athletic ability, but I can understand why the Bears are going this direction right now.
This gives the coaches a little more time — maybe it’s measured in weeks, perhaps it’s measured in months — to bring Fields along. Those looking for flashes from him had to wait until the 2-minute drive at the end of the first half that came against a whole bunch of backup Titans.
Progress for the Bears is going to be measured over a 17-game season, and giving Fields a little more time to learn on the job, at least from the perspective of Pace and Nagy, probably helps them feel a little better about how prepared he will be when his time does come. Just last week he got drilled by a vicious hit in the pocket by the Buffalo Bills because of a simple error. He failed to account for an edge rusher. The quickest way for Fields to learn will be in-game experience and that is what will make the weeks ahead interesting. Maybe he’s playing in the first quarter of the season. If Dalton is the kind of guy that can respond to pressure, perhaps this is a good thing for him too because if he stumbles, Fields’ wait might not be long even if he doesn’t have more preseason reps to go out and show where he’s at.
There’s no need to overthink this one. General manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy are under pressure to show progress this season. Period. Their jobs are on the line, so the career development of the Bears’ latest franchise quarterback is the No. 1 thing when it comes to self-preservation. We can all agree on that, right?
So, the thinking has to be they can’t harm Fields by waiting to insert him into the starting lineup. Delaying that process isn’t going to hinder him. They could potentially harm him if they roll him out there too soon. If you don’t think throwing a rookie in too early in his career has led to disastrous results, go study some of the guys that have flamed out. Sure, many of them would have been busts anyway, but pushing a rookie in prematurely can cause issues.
The Bears have an offensive line that has had a rough training camp and preseason. The starting unit has been together for all of 21 preseason snaps, all in the first half of this third game. Nagy can’t say if left tackle Jason Peters will be conditioned to play an entire game against the Rams. Right tackle Germain Ifedi played for the first time. He allowed a sack, a pressure on Fields’ 20-yard touchdown pass to Jesper Horsted and was called for a false start.
Would it really be wise to roll Fields out behind this offensive line until the team has gotten a little better look at what it has? Fields might be easier to protect than Dalton because of his athletic ability, but I can understand why the Bears are going this direction right now.
This gives the coaches a little more time — maybe it’s measured in weeks, perhaps it’s measured in months — to bring Fields along. Those looking for flashes from him had to wait until the 2-minute drive at the end of the first half that came against a whole bunch of backup Titans.
Progress for the Bears is going to be measured over a 17-game season, and giving Fields a little more time to learn on the job, at least from the perspective of Pace and Nagy, probably helps them feel a little better about how prepared he will be when his time does come. Just last week he got drilled by a vicious hit in the pocket by the Buffalo Bills because of a simple error. He failed to account for an edge rusher. The quickest way for Fields to learn will be in-game experience and that is what will make the weeks ahead interesting. Maybe he’s playing in the first quarter of the season. If Dalton is the kind of guy that can respond to pressure, perhaps this is a good thing for him too because if he stumbles, Fields’ wait might not be long even if he doesn’t have more preseason reps to go out and show where he’s at.
