is it not possible to pick up Fields fifth year option to keep them around for another year, while you draft the top QB prospect? You could then trade whichever one doesn’t work out. sounds crazy but crazier things have been done. Any thoughts?
is it not possible to pick up Fields fifth year option to keep them around for another year, while you draft the top QB prospect? You could then trade whichever one doesn’t work out. sounds crazy but crazier things have been done. Any thoughts?
Because it torches the relationship with Fields while simultaneously hurting the relationship with the new qb because we aren’t fully committing to him. Fields would almost certainly ask to get traded and the new qb would be pissed to.
That’s more or less what the Packers did with drafting Love, how’d that work for them? Their HOF qb left instead of retiring on their team and they burned up Loves rookie contract so they can’t even evaluate how good he is cheaply.
Depends on what your definition of top is.
San Fran did this with Lance and Jimmy G. The Steelers did this with Pickett, the Chargers intended to do this with Herbert, the Dolphins did this with Tua.
Not true for a number of the examples you listed, lance true, but Pickett started early into his rookie year, Hebert started game 1 of his rookie year and Tua also started middle of his rookie year. None of those teams also had qbs that were on the final deal of a rookie deal (ie where fields is at currently) having an older bridge qb is quite different than what we have rn
That isn’t what the Chargers intended. A freak accident made that happen.
If someone is ready to come in after a year or 8 games. That’s up to the team