Hard to understand what they were thinking, if it cost you the most reliable piece plus current and future picks, making it harder to replace said piece, it was never going to go well.
Hard to understand what they were thinking, if it cost you the most reliable piece plus current and future picks, making it harder to replace said piece, it was never going to go well.
They were thinking the same thing everyone else is thinking when in that position:
YOU CAN'T WIN WITHOUT A QB
If we get the #1 pick again this year and Fields looks like he's the guy going forward, there will be teams blowing up Poles' phone in complete desperation to do the same.
When I look at the mistakes Poles has made initially as a young, first time GM, I also try to balance that out by looking at some of these successes he has had. It is a mix of good and bad (like the Claypool thing was bad). We have 12 more games to play this season, and it will be interesting to evaluate the overall body of work at that point. No question the guy has made mistakes. But I do believe it's fair to look at his successes too.
Hard to understand what they were thinking, if it cost you the most reliable piece plus current and future picks, making it harder to replace said piece, it was never going to go well.
They were thinking the same thing everyone else is thinking when in that position:
YOU CAN'T WIN WITHOUT A QB
If we get the #1 pick again this year and Fields looks like he's the guy going forward, there will be teams blowing up Poles' phone in complete desperation to do the same.
Even if Fields starts to show significant progress, I am wondering how well he will fit in at the NFL level. If he becomes the 2.0 version of Cam Newton, I believe he will have just about the same level of success. Meaning appearing in the playoffs about half the time and never getting very deep the playoffs. Newton made it past the first playoff game once and lost in the SB when that happened.
I don't think the issue is with Fields himself. I like him as a person, and I can see that he is a really good guy to have on the roster. He has a lot of talent. Smart and works really hard. The issue is he is not a conventional pocket passing QB. IMO the issue is finding the right coaching staff. Who do you think would be the best HC and offensive mind to work with him? The only three that come to mind for me are Reid, McVay or Belichick. I don't think that there are that may guys who can go that far out of the box in designing and running an offense for Fields' talent.
They were thinking the same thing everyone else is thinking when in that position:
YOU CAN'T WIN WITHOUT A QB
If we get the #1 pick again this year and Fields looks like he's the guy going forward, there will be teams blowing up Poles' phone in complete desperation to do the same.
Even if Fields starts to show significant progress, I am wondering how well he will fit in at the NFL level. If he becomes the 2.0 version of Cam Newton, I believe he will have just about the same level of success. Meaning appearing in the playoffs about half the time and never getting very deep the playoffs. Newton made it past the first playoff game once and lost in the SB when that happened.
I don't think the issue is with Fields himself. I like him as a person, and I can see that he is a really good guy to have on the roster. He has a lot of talent. Smart and works really hard. The issue is he is not a conventional pocket passing QB. IMO the issue is finding the right coaching staff. Who do you think would be the best HC and offensive mind to work with him? The only three that come to mind for me are Reid, McVay or Belichick. I don't think that there are that may guys who can go that far out of the box in designing and running an offense for Fields' talent.
I'll jump in on this one, LOL, uninvited of course. Personally, I believe the only way you keep Fields is if he does in fact stack these games where he shows marked improvement as a passer. If (and it is admittedly a big if) if he can show steady improvement I think he can be a guy who is better than a Cam Newton. But I would hope they allow Fields to incrementally improve as a pocket passer. Let him be Fields for now, and "work on it" as far as pocket passing. He has the arm and deep ball accuracy, but obviously he has a lot to improve as far as being savvy in the pocket... he's not even close to good there now. I wish he had a coach and O around him to have begun this work in year-1, his rookie season. But I get it that you can't change the past. But now I'm hoping Getsy gets his head out of his butt and lets Fields be Fields - just improving incrementally now for 12 games.
Hard to understand what they were thinking, if it cost you the most reliable piece plus current and future picks, making it harder to replace said piece, it was never going to go well.
They were thinking the same thing everyone else is thinking when in that position:
YOU CAN'T WIN WITHOUT A QB
If we get the #1 pick again this year and Fields looks like he's the guy going forward, there will be teams blowing up Poles' phone in complete desperation to do the same.
Classic mistep by EVERY TEAM. Step one, get a qb, step 2 .... step 3, win a sb. Not how it works and every team that tries it fails.
