I watched the exact same vid. Yeah Lucas pointed put the juxtaposition of Fields' last throw (to Moore) and the play immediately before it.
One was a decisive, confident, absolute dart of a pass that was really impressive and won the game. The other was all the classic negative stuff we have become accustomed to with him--he looked lost, hesitant, indecisive, and had Scott wide open in the middle of the field but was so off-rhythm that he never made the throw.
It's really really hard to know what this guy's ceiling is when you see really good and really, really not-so-good just one snap apart like that.
He makes plays that look like top-5 QB material and also makes plays where he looks like nothing has changed in 2+ years (fumbles, holding ball forever, etc).
It is really frustrating and I wish Getsy would just take off the training wheels completely and let him sink or swim.
I think we’d see the same things just on a larger scale.
No matter what they do about Fields and assuming they don’t draft a tackle with the second pick, which would piss me off, I would want a defensive lineman. I can’t decide between Latu (DE who lead PAC-12 in sacks) or my guy Newton at 3-tech (who was just named Big-10 Defensive Player of the Year). What adds more to the Bears defense: a dominant DE on the outside or a dominant 3-tech on the inside? Selfishly, as an Illini fan, I want Newton.
What do you think?
It's way, way too early for me to be talking draft specifics. I just don't know at this point.
Who's the HC gonna be? What O-scheme and D-scheme will be running? Who is the QB?
I think we’d see the same things just on a larger scale.
No matter what they do about Fields and assuming they don’t draft a tackle with the second pick, which would piss me off, I would want a defensive lineman. I can’t decide between Latu (DE who lead PAC-12 in sacks) or my guy Newton at 3-tech (who was just named Big-10 Defensive Player of the Year). What adds more to the Bears defense: a dominant DE on the outside or a dominant 3-tech on the inside? Selfishly, as an Illini fan, I want Newton.
What do you think?
It's way, way too early for me to be talking draft specifics. I just don't know at this point.
Who's the HC gonna be? What O-scheme and D-scheme will be running? Who is the QB?
Those things come first.
If Flus stays, that increases Newton’s chances, as Flus puts high value on 3-tech. But if they bring in a new HC who has a 3-4 scheme, that might favor Latu. I don’t see QB as relevant to the second pick, unless they think the new QB needs Bowers to support his development. If they stay with Fields, I’m expecting they take defensive line with second pick. This will be topic #1 in April.