Personally, I think one has to consider malpractice in this kid’s development. There are varying opinions about Fields, but I think one place everyone is on the same page is the agreement that when you draft Fields you are drafting a developmental QB. I think the kid still has a a chance to be pretty good. I’m walking back my belief that he could be a top 5-10 QB in the league. I think the chance of him being that is gone. If he had that, he would have demonstrated greater progress than he’s shown. I think he can be a competent starter though that if you can build around him, he can take a team to the playoffs with “good enough” QB play.
Great points. This is what I referenced when I talked about malpractice in my post.
Yeah we will see. I think Zona is the clear worst team in the NFL and Houston isn't far behind. Chicago can definitely get a top 3-5 pick though. Yeah if he continues to not improve then Maye is definitely an upgrade
Arizona and Chicago could both end up with TWO top 5 picks.
Yeah all those teams you listed are capable of being competitive.
Those definitely look like the bottom 3 rosters right now imo. I think with Houston and Arizona you're seeing some decent QB play and they're still struggling so I suspect they'll be bottom 2.
This might be more of the problem. Fields is definitely a talented guy but there are only so many franchise quarterbacks in existence. For about 2/3rds of the teams in the league, they have to make do with a serviceable guy who does just enough to not lose the game every week.
I’d love for it to seemingly not work out and then the Eagles offer like a 4th or 5th after the Bears draft the next guy. Would love to see him get developed as a back up to Hurts. With QBs that have these games you need a competent back up that can run an offense uniquely catered to a QB that can put pressure on the defense with his legs and arms. You know that QB is going to miss 2-3 games even in a good year. You know they’ll get nicked up and you want to err on the side of caution.
"Top ten draft picks"
A lot of these serviceable guys have been studs at some point in college or the pros, too, so its a fine line. Sam Howell is doing well in Washington. Went in the 5th round. I remember in college people thought he might have been a stud QB prospect. Howell does have good WRs, though. He is operating EBs offense well but I think the highlights I saw...80% were slants down the middle where WRs have to be pretty brave and screen passes which require an offensive line and skill players all on the same page. Howell gets the ball out quickly and the whole thing equates to winning football games.
