Juiced wrote:
NME wrote:
I’m not off the wagon yet with Fields (mostly due to his actual talent).. but it’s not looking good. In real time last night watching that throw beyond the line of scrimmage was a huge ‘wtf lol’ moment for me with him.
Look, I know he’s also got nothing around him.. but it’s moments like the one above that you have to 100% question when you see it. His field awareness is getting to the point of off the charts bad. There were moments last season too, where he’d just get desperate and chuck it up without even really knowing where he was throwing the ball that were alarming as well.
The Bears may have really stepped in it too because I’m also not sure Poles got his coaching picks right either. Getsy seems to be clueless on how to put a game plan together, and the defense trots the same old looks out there play after play.. no creativity at all, no real scheming to help guys get free.. it’s just not looking good anywhere for this team.
What talent? He is athletic, but not athletic enough to escape the pocket like K.Murrey. Besides his speed, what does he do to make you think he is talented?
He has no QB skills other then throwing a tight spiral. He's not accurate, can't read a defense and you need to cut the field in half for him to maybe complete a play.
I attribute his lack of accuracy at this level more to his inability to process the game fast enough, it’s mental. He takes far too long to process after the snap and make a decision resulting in him putting too much or too little on passes when he does release them. As for talent, his arm talent is incredible, he’s got plenty of power, can throw from different angles, throws really well on the run and so on.. but right now, he doesn’t have the mental side of the game down at all. He’s a deer in headlights after the snap most of the time.
And I’m not going to try to convince anyone here that this is going to change and that the ‘light’ is going to go on for Fields because.. it ain’t looking good. But the kid has the physical talent both athletically and arm wise to be in the NFL.. but if he can’t capture the mental side of the game, he’s going to have a really short career and all that talent will mean nothing.