JF1 has a 18.7 QBR in the final two minutes of every half played. Yikes.
At this point no one will change their opinion based on any metric. I’m a hater, but dang it, let him play the last seven. If he’s mediocre or worse, move on.
Note: if he is to be great, he needs to show he can overcome adversity. The Oline is playing well now. The coaching is… present. No more excuses. Win and control your own future JF.
I’ll add that we need to see him not only play, but we need to see what he looks like with a lot of pass attempts. He’s only attempted 35+ passes three times in his career while there are 12 teams averaging more than that this year. I don’t think it helps anyone to keep getting these small sample looks. The coaches need to call the drop backs and Fields needs to be decisive and let it loose.
He has to show massive improvement. He’s won 4 games in two years now (counting).
If not, there is no way Poles will hitch his wagon to Fields again when his job is on the line.
Ya don’t say.
It is in the Bears best interest for Fields to play well. Either we keep him, or trade him, but either way we want him to play better.
It is entirely plausible that the Bears miss out on the #1 and #2 pick, maybe even #3. It is a very real possibility that the Bears draft a Fields replacement later in the draft (McCarthy or another prospect) who backs up Fields next year. Someone the Bears can actually develop as a QB.
This notion that our options are Fields, Maye or Williams…that is a dream scenario. A more likely option is we have two first round picks we use on someone other than a top QB or MHJ, and we keep Fields.
None of these are bad options, but nothing is settled.