Montez Sweat 1st Presser (impressive guy)

That's a great way to look at it.  This morning I was thinking that investing that 2nd round pick in Sweat was a good move because he is definitely worth a 2nd round pick.  I'm so wanting the offense upgraded and maybe this move makes it more doable to spend those first round picks on offense next year - and still have that DL guy we needed, already in place.

We have a half-season left and that is a lot of football.  I am so hoping Fields builds on those recent good games and shows he can be the guy we all hoped he would be when we drafted him.  That could still be the case, and I base that on those two recent games where he was much improved.  Yes his last game wasn't so good but the two before that showcased some good stuff.  It's not crazy to think he could build on that with half of a season remaining.  

I'm just going to watch what happens when he returns.  I think there's a good chance he does very well.  I'm also thinking that it may have done him some good to have watched a few games like this.  The OL has settled down a bit.  It was a train wreck to start the season, and Getsy just couldn't seem to get it together.  But now I think we'll see some better games.  Not just one but some stacked good games.  The remaining schedule isn't THAT tough.  At least that's my 2 cents worth.

I’m leaning the same way, takes far too long to process the field and also to get the ball out. He can obviously light it up, but then he fumbles and tosses a bad interception costing us the game. Stats look great, but the end result was still a loss…. Have to see a lot of improvement over the rest of the year, before I’m ready to write him a check.

Stats aren't that great actually.  Less than 3100 yards passing over 17 games?  That's 182 ypg -- nothing special.

I know people might say "he added another 1200 on the ground!".  But the vast majority of that was last season and teams seem to have adjusted taking away his big chunk runs. 

I'd add that I can't recall a single time he's taken his team on a "must have it" TD drive in the last 5 mins or so of the game to win.  If it happened, I can't recall it so couldn't have been too memorable.  

My best and last hope for Fields is that he comes back the last 8 games of this season and really plays well on a consistent basis.  I could see in that scenario enacting his 5th year option and giving him another year in 2024 with a new coaching staff and hopefully MHJr.  If he still can't prove himself a long term franchise QB, then he's done for sure.  He would have had a very fair and lengthy evaluation.  No one could possibly complain the team didn't give him every chance to succeed.