Browns beat Bears - who gets the deflated ball?

We will never know what could-have-been had Fields had a Shanahan-level OC and a better supporting cast.  I will grant you that.  No question JF didn't have the optimal setup.

But............at some point the sand in the hourglass runs low and it's put-up-or-shut-up time. He has had 35 starts now.

JABF, can you name me 10 high-quality games he's put up in those 35?  How many clutch 4th Q drives has he produced?  How many great stat lines has he had?  How many good QBs has he faced and defeated?

I have gone back-and-forth on him a dozen times myself but at some point, like NOW, you have to fish or cut bait.  He will always have defenders and those people will never ever ever run out of excuses.  I guarantee you that.  I remember the same thing happened with Cutler and with Mitch.  Cutler went to Miami for a year and still sucked and still threw picks left and right.  Mitch went to Pittsburg where he's continued to be so bad he's about to be benched for the 4th time in his career.  

If you have to squint to see it, "it" is not there.  I don't see it with Justin.  If they get Harbaugh and he disagrees, great.  I trust his judgement.  

Otherwise, it's time to move on.  Justin is not going to be a franchise QB.  His ceiling is low-mid range starter.  You can't pay him $40-50m/yr hoping he can run for 1000 yards again.