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QB Justin Fields (2019-20 B1G Off POY, 2020 Silver Football, 2019 B1G CCG MVP, Pittsburgh Steelers)

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cdiddy70 said:
Another 50+ yd running TD today.

He is having a historical year in the NFL on the ground.

This speaks to Day’s philosophy. Generational running talent at QB yet we had few designed runs for him.
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I think he got Scared after he got hurt against UM his first year and was clearly less effective then he tried to protect him. Would have loved to have him healthy during the Bama game with a healthy Sermon. I doubt they win but that would have been much more of a shootout.

And a healthy JF vs Clemson the first year probably wins that game with the shootout vs LSU on the horizon
 
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Yeah. The Bears scored on three of their four drives in the first half. The one they did not score on Chase Claypool caught a pass for 17 yards and fumbled at the GB 37. Fields had moved the offense 35 yards in just four plays.
 
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Dryden said:
Yeah. The Bears scored on three of their four drives in the first half. The one they did not score on Chase Claypool caught a pass for 17 yards and fumbled at the GB 37. Fields had moved the offense 35 yards in just four plays.
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He's putting it together. Upgrade their OL and get him some weapons and he's gonna be a HUGE problem.
 
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cdiddy70 said:
NF thoughts on Niners passing on him and moving up to get Lance.

Unfair because of Lance injury.

But good lord, Fields in that offense under Shanny with those weapons.
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I would have preferred Fields, always felt that way. Not ready to write off Lance quite yet, though. All reports are that he's incredibly smart and a hard worker. Physically, he's a great fit for Shanahan's offense. He was lousy in week 1, but that was in a monsoon. Then of course he got hurt. I don't know what they do this off-season with Jimmy; he's having his best year, teammates love him and his attitude, considering everything that's gone on, is phenomenal.
 
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NFBuck said:
I would have preferred Fields, always felt that way. Not ready to write off Lance quite yet, though. All reports are that he's incredibly smart and a hard worker. Physically, he's a great fit for Shanahan's offense. He was lousy in week 1, but that was in a monsoon. Then of course he got hurt. I don't know what they do this off-season with Jimmy; he's having his best year, teammates love him and his attitude, considering everything that's gone on, is phenomenal.
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The crazy thing to me is he admitted Fields was never really in consideration---it came down to Lance vs Mac Jones. You always hear about how NFL teams draft on traits. Fields undeniably has the best traits of those 3. Fields clearly has some flaws---holding the ball, taking too many sacks---but those other guys have flaws too. That's what you get paid $10 million for, to coach talented prospects up out of their flaws. Maybe the weirdest thing to me is I could see the argument in theory that this Shanahan 9ers offense depends on quick, accurate, short passes, which isn't necessarily a strength of Fields at this point. But from what I've seen from Lance that's not his strength either. That's Mac Jones. I think they boxed themselves by making the huge trade. I think Shanahan wanted Jones all along but correctly understood it would have been idiotic to trade 3 #1's and a 3rd for him (for a guy who went 3 picks after your original pick) and/or someone else in the building convinced him to take Lance.
 
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mendensa said:
didn't see his picks. Were they egregious or just bad breaks (tips, drops, communication w/ WR's, ect....)?
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He was excellent yesterday

first pick the WR didn’t cleanly break his comeback and the CB has good position. I would say 50/50 blame

second pick was down two scores <1min left. He forced it deep but he did have open shorter routes. Hard but yeah that one’s on him

But this was the most composed, reading through progression, throwing with anticipation I’ve ever seen him in the league.

I’m convinced he’s going to be great
 
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Seems like the next step is finishing off potential game winning drives.

Has to be at least 3-4 games this year where the ball has been in his hands and he(they) haven't got it done.

Agree though that with the Bears draft capital/cap space the future looks bright especially knowing they don't have to chase a QB.
 
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mendensa said:
didn't see his picks. Were they egregious or just bad breaks (tips, drops, communication w/ WR's, ect....)?
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Justin lead the team on a long FG drive in the 3rd Q that consumed over 8 minutes of clock and put the Bears up 19-10. The Bears were on 19 because of a missed XP (missed XPs have happened multiple times this year for the Bears).

The defense then gave up a TD drive to Aaron Rodgers on four plays that included a 38 yard PI that moved the ball from the Packers 36 to the Bears 26.

Now leading 19-17, Fields took the offense down the field again with a 49 yard bomb, where the drive then stalled because the Bears coaching staff takes the ball out of Fields' hands in the red zone, so the Bears settled for a FG attempt, which was blocked.

Green Bay FG gives the Packers a 20-19 lead with five minutes left.

Fields again had the offense going down the field into Green Bay territory when a anticipation throw to Equanimeous St Brown got picked off because ESB is slow to get out of his breaks and didn't come back to the ball on a curl. He flattened out his break and got undercut by Jaire Alexander.

The second INT was a desperation heave with under a minute left.

So... yeah. Justin outplayed Aaron Rodgers for 55 minutes and the offense should have had at least 26 or 30 points (there was also a drive in the first half where Chase Claypool fumbled after a 17 yard reception at the Green Bay 37). But no, the Bears special teams are trash and their entire receiving corp is somehow even worse than the Packers'.

Not counting the 17 seconds the Bears had the ball to end the first half, the Bears nine possessions went FG, TD, Claypool fumble, TD, three-and-out, FG, missed FG, INT because ESB can't run a route, INT.

Oh, and for extra fun, the lone drive that was a three and out featured a false start and a screen pass for -4. You might have an inkling of what those kind of drives look like if you watched the Buckeyes this year.

Justin played great. 20/25 for 254, another 71 yards on the ground, and zero sacks. This shit is not on him. At all.
 
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"This shit is not on him. At all."

Didn't insinuate that is was entirely his fault.

He has been a revelation this year.

However, there have been multiple games where they are within a score late and they have failed to score.

One he gets over that hump he will have fully arrived.
 
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Dryden said:
Now leading 19-17, Fields took the offense down the field again with a 49 yard bomb, where the drive then stalled because the Bears coaching staff takes the ball out of Fields' hands in the red zone, so the Bears settled for a FG attempt, which was blocked.
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This series was egregious. Taking the ball out of Fields' hands after he connected on the bomb to Harry was an unreal overthink. He was killing the Packers pass defense.

It kinda smelled tank-y if I'm being honest.
 
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