What do we think of Fields? Give up a day 2 pick for him? Trade off #2OA and pick up a crap load of stuff??Ahhh…not only (probably) a good upgrade, but a familiar face for the new #1 QB. Hit the bricks Fields!
Ship him to ATL….What do we think of Fields? Give up a day 2 pick for him? Trade off #2OA and pick up a crap load of stuff??
Meh?
In Peters We Trust
He won’t do the obvious dumb things like draft a ball hawking CB because his D needs more turnovers…
That my hopeful plan….draft Maye, let Sam take next year, see what he can become and groom Drake. 1-2 years of understudy has done well for a few recent guys (Mahomes and Love)…..Amen. We've been playing checkers in that regard. Takes a chess player to assemble a D with superb turnover metrics. Far less about one guy being good at picking passes and causing fumbles, and way more about constructing a solid D-line, linebackers, and secondary who together make it so damn hard to play offense. At the NFL level you have to force them to make mistakes AND have the skill to capitalize.
"But that guy intercepted a lot of passes in college, so fuggit! Let's get him!" That's what morons do.
Doesn't help that sports media is filled with so many checkers players who think college boxcars mean something, selling the fans on the idea that their "mocks" are worth a shit when the only people playing chess in the NFL draft work for NFL teams and aren't telling any media people a damn thing.
There are so many paper tigers in the NFL draft every year for exactly this reason. And that's reason #1 that I wouldn't be done with Sam Howell. Maye looks like a solid QB prospect to me with prototypical presence, but his college pedigree is very thin. If he's our guy I want insurance, and Sam showed us some things this year.
Yeah I gamed that out in my mind and it made my **** soft…What do we think of Fields? Give up a day 2 pick for him? Trade off #2OA and pick up a crap load of stuff??
Meh?
In Peters We Trust
Mahomes and Love weren’t playing behind a 5th round pick at QB, of course they didn’t start right off the bat. You spend draft capital like #2OA for a qb, he gets the starting nod day 1 provided he shows it in campThat my hopeful plan….draft Maye, let Sam take next year, see what he can become and groom Drake. 1-2 years of understudy has done well for a few recent guys (Mahomes and Love)…..
Mahomes and Love weren’t playing behind a 5th round pick at QB, of course they didn’t start right off the bat. You spend draft capital like #2OA for a qb, he gets the starting nod day 1 provided he shows it in camp
Absolute no on Fields for me. He’s had 3 years to show whether he’s a franchise QB - and generally, if the answer is still “meh?”, then he ain’t it.What do we think of Fields? Give up a day 2 pick for him? Trade off #2OA and pick up a crap load of stuff??
Meh?
In Peters We Trust
I was just coming to post this, it's so goodRobert Griffin III-Jay Gruden feud enters Day 4, not getting any less sad — Yahoo Sports
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I get all of that. 100%. My only thinking is Fields is definitely “better” than anyone we’ve run out since healthy Alex Smith. He won’t be very expensive to acquire, for the reasons you mentioned. He’s been quite good, when used correctly. Never underestimate what bad coaching can do, as we’ve all seen that first hand!Absolute no on Fields for me. He’s had 3 years to show whether he’s a franchise QB - and generally, if the answer is still “meh?”, then he ain’t it.
Plus, after next year you have to pick up a 5th year option at ~25M, then give him a real contract (north of stupid Daniel Jones $). There’s no reason to rush that kind of timetable/decision on a rebuilding team.
Especially when there will be a great QB prospect at 2OA that starts the 5 year clock fresh.
I know as a fanbase we’re desperate for just some adequate QB play. But, we need to be aiming higher, and trying to draft a real difference maker. A guy who elevates everyone around him, and doesn’t need a perfect situation to excel. We’re sitting on a lottery ticket, and have to hope it hits.
I get all of that. 100%. My only thinking is Fields is definitely “better” than anyone we’ve run out since healthy Alex Smith. He won’t be very expensive to acquire, for the reasons you mentioned. He’s been quite good, when used correctly. Never underestimate what bad coaching can do, as we’ve all seen that first hand!
AND we could grab a bundle of futures while moving back a little bit, to add more starters all over the place.
I see it as simply something to think about. The futures we get could coincide with what the Bears got this year. Or what Miami got from SF that allowed them to catapult pretty quickly.
Food for thought is all.
I could see the Chargers wanting Marvin Harrison. I would think we would at least get next year‘s first if we move out of number two.
I could see the Chargers wanting Marvin Harrison. I would think we would at least get next year‘s first if we move out of number two.