Post by mpbears68 on Sept 17, 2023 15:01:43 GMT -6
Fields wasn't "ruined". He just sucks, that's all. He's not an NFL passer. All he can do is throw screens and scramble. Baker Mayfield, a guy on his 4th team, way outplayed him.
I was as critical as you could be last week about the gameplanning/playcalling, the pass protection, etc. The OL was much better today (except Brax), Fields had lots of chances, oh and BTW Moore is a freakin stud. And with all that Fields still looked like ass.
I am watching the Cards game as I type this--a team clearly tanking and Josh Dobbs, their designated tank QB, is outplaying Fields by a mile.
Occam's Razor says the simplest explanation is most likely to be accurate. And the simplest is that Fields isn't going to become a long-term NFL starter. He's just a good enough passer.
the ol was a mixed bag today, better then last week, but still not great. having a stud, isn't the same as having multiple.
I'm w/you on Fields, he's done. He's absolutely ruined, he doesn't trust the OL, he doesn't trust the WR's, or the OC; and now i think you are seeing none of them trust him either.
But again, everyone said all the same things about Alex Smith and Mayfield, but when you surround them w/actual NFL talent, it's amazing how it all comes together really quickly. At no point did Poles ever try it, it was doomed to fail from his first FA and draft. Tired of me using those 2, Geno Smith, Stafford, Goff, Wentz. All those guys that aren't all pro/future hof'rs all showed capable when they had a GM that spent time and effort and capital on the offense.
Instead w/have Pace going all in on Mac, terrible trade that ruined the team for years to come. and now Poles hiring Flus, a DC, and now has to spend 2 FA's and drafts trying to build a def, and doing a shit job of it. Pace/Poles failed the qb and the team by not understanding that the def doesn't matter in todays NFL. The QB matters, and that means the OL and the QB's weapons matter.
I don't know what you're watching but Fields hasn't improved one bit from his rookie year. [BTW, his draft partner that year Trevor L had his entire rookie campaigned wasted by Urban Meyer, so lets stop pretending like Fields is the only QB who had a "bad situation". Burrow's OL was so bad he was sacked a ton and tore his ACL.]
So, it's really hard to complain the he "was ruined" when he hasn't shown anything that could be ruined. Has he ever even thrown for 250 yards in a game? That's a really low bar for a QB in his 3rd year.
He simply sucks and Andy Reid himself couldn't do much with him.
