BD, please explain why Fields is immune from being benched next year. You have not addressed any of the statistics depicting Fields as the 42nd best QB in the fourth quarter on numerous metrics, perhaps because it undermines your "he's making progress" canard.

Cousins is a better option than Fields if he wasn't older and coming off an ACL. I would still understand the argument if we're talking about a 1 year type deal. So, yes, Cousins has clearly outperformed Fields, but there are risks there.

If you're arguing that Russell Willison, Jimmy G, or Flacco are better than Fields heading into next year, I think it's more than likely that all 3 of them are benched next season for any team depending on them (or Jimmy G's case, injured). These guys are hitched with a rookie draft pick. Nobody is signing any of these guys to be anything other than a temp starter/dependable backup once that rookie is ready.

Fields is different - nobody is trading for him with the intention of drafting someone, this year, to replace him.

Heard some of that during the GM interviews last couple days. Folks talking about the Alex Smith-Mahomes model of the terminally mediocre veteran to man the ship for a season or two (or 5 in Alex Smith's case @KC) and still draft a QB so you don't throw a rookie QB out there right away who might benefit from acclimating to the pro game/lifestyle before being tasked with carrying the franchise.

It's going to be a hard sell for Atlanta to sign Russell Wilson after Denver cuts him and claim they have upgraded the position. They would have to spend a 1st round pick on McCarthy/etc. The same goes for Denver, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh or Minnesota (depending on Cousins). If any of these QB's lasted and played well next season, it would be a surprise. It's much more likely that they would continue to regress/injury etc.

Injury is a concern for everyone, so that can't be the deciding factor. Even the great Justin Fields has missed time every year due to injury.
If you're telling me that I can get any of the veteran quarterbacks mentioned and still draft a quarterback but if I keep Fields, then I can't draft a quarterback, wouldn't that be more of a reason to move on from Fields?

Wilson outplayed Fields last year.

I don't think anyone would take Russell Wilson over Justin Fields.

Bears fleece Washington and swap 1st overall for 2nd overall, pick up 2nd overall, 2025 1st, 2026 1st, another 2nd round swap and maybe an additional later round swap + swap Bagent for Sam Howell:

Bears get 3 firsts (Washington's 2024, 2025, 2026) improved position potentially with 2nd++ rd pick(s) and an upgrade at backup.

Redskins get a guy who cries watching Disney movies and has to stand on tip-toes to ride the better rides at Six Flags.

Bears next trade the 2nd overall to some other team (whatever QB needy teams don't trade for Fields or sign Cousins et al) for a lesser haul than they got for 1st overall.



should net +5 quality picks over 24-26 drafts, or 6 to 8 if the Bears are willing to take chuff back.


Bears then take best QB still on the board with the 7th (Titans can't really think Levis is the answer) or 8th (if ATL doesn't trade for Fields or whomever) or Jets (cuz Jets) at 10, Viqueens at 12 might wanna draft a QB even if they resign Cousins, Denver (desperate for a new QB) NO should be drafting a QB, but won't, same for Indy, Seattle, Jacksonville and LA Rams and even Pittsburgh. Even Tampa Bay might be in QB drafting market if Baker bolts.


there's like 6 teams max fully sorted at QB or who shouldn't be thinking about Jordan Lovin' their aging starter.

Caleb Williams isn't really a "true" rookie because he turned 23 late into his 1st season in the NFL!"

What performance metric can you point to that demonstrates that he can lead teams to playoff contention?

Bears spend the next 50 years looking for the franchise QB they passed up in back to back drafts.

or maybe it's not the QB drafted: it's the franchise doing the drafting who the QB then plays for that matters--would Brock Purdy be Brock Purdy on the Bears

Caleb Williams isn't really a "true" rookie because he turned 23 late into his 1st season in the NFL!"

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

parkins and meatpants are saying there is a video out from Fields manager saying something about "are you ready to go home?" and Fields starts jumping up and down

Do you expect the Falcons to trade a 2nd round pick for Fields AND draft a QB in Round 1?

Do you expect the Falcons to sign Russell Wilson, but also draft the QB of the future in Round 1?

The answer is yes to only one of these.

Anyone trading for Fields is somewhat expecting him to be their QB going forward (for at least 2 years).

parkins and meatpants are saying there is a video out from Fields manager saying something about "are you ready to go home?" and Fields starts jumping up and down

*now already saying that video maybe old

What a mess

parkins and meatpants are saying there is a video out from Fields manager saying something about "are you ready to go home?" and Fields starts jumping up and down

*now already saying that video maybe old

What a mess

There isn't won major decision that the CFMB Football Guru's have advocated that hasn't turned out to be a damn flop.

There is more of a chance that the Bears sign Russell Wilson to the vet minimum contract to allow Williams to ramp up than the Falcons both trading for Fields and signing Wilson to compete for the starter's job.

The pre free agency period is always an interesting collection of tall tales spun by agents and then breathlessly reported by "NFL Insider" types.

However, it does seem that Poles should leave the combine with numerous offers for Fields and the #1 pick in hand, you do have a few odd owners and GM who are on the hot seat, just needs to get a few teams bidding against each other, or find a Ryan Pace and get him bidding against himself.

Can easily see Fields going to Atlanta and running a QB run heavy system, starting out great, and then him missing significant time due to injury, also seems a guy can only operate in a QB heavy run system for a few years before he gets hurt and starts making business decisions which limit the big QB run plays.

The biggest reason they draft Williams is that it resets the rookie QB contract window, see teams like Philadelphia feeling the impact of not being able to keep quality vets because they have to pay a QB, KC was able to mitigate this only because of Mahomes and his ability to win with almost anyone playing WR.

Because he has the potential to be great. That's the biggest reason.

Hate to tell ya this "Amigo", but that is sort of the essence of how life works.