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Why does everyone love the phrase “The Problem” so much? It’s killing me lol
I hate the term “the one” or “him”, like there’s one QB out there who was born to take us to the SB.
It’s to get views.
The play where he says Justin creating something out of nothing with Mooney coming wide open just as Justin gets to the top of his drop is why Justin is the problem. That’s probably a 20+ yard catch and run if thrown on time and in stride. Instead he doesn’t know what defense the lions are in and cant/wont ever make that pass.
He does not throw Middle of field. It’s a really rare occurrence if he does.
It’s not even throwing it in the middle of the field. Tim Jenkins clearly points out that Mooney is the first read. Mooney comes wide open in the nose of the field.
If fields anticipated it. That’s a huge gain. But by the time fields sees him open it’s too late. I’m not sure why people are arguing this.
He ranks 17 out of 38 QBs so I think there’s bigger issues like coaching and play calling.
In the beginning Fields wasn’t the problem. Our OL was atrocious and our receivers were weak. There’s no excuse now. Our receivers are solid and our OL is a lot better. He’s been sacked 26 times in 7 games. Bagent was sacked 5 times in 5 games. I’m not saying Bagent is our guy because he certainly isn’t. Fields gets sacked because he has poor awareness and is horrible under pressure. He makes horrible decisions. This is his biggest flaw. This is why he can’t find open receivers and why he can’t convert on 3rd and 4th downs. The sooner you all realize that without this, he will never be a franchise quarterback the better.
he’s one of the worst qbs on 3rd down. He has a 57% completion on 3rd down. The only down he has more ints than td.
he’s one of the worst qbs in the 4th quarter. over half of his ints come in the 4th quarter.
out of 32 starts fields has a turnover in 24 of them
He has one career comeback drive. It was set up by a turnover where we ran the ball on every play. Justin accounted for -1 yards.
Justin is one of many problems with this team. That includes a GM who choose fields over stroud. That includes a defensive HC orchestrating one of the worst pass defenses in the league. That choose Getsy as OC.
One doesn’t invalidate the other.
DJ, JJ, and Sweat if we ignore that terrible contract are the only 3 people worth keeping. Wright and Dexter go in the TBD category with good and bad data points to point at that you’d expect from rookies learning in the NFL.
Is Justin good enough to be a starting QB in the NFL? Probably. Is he a guy that can make great plays occasionally? Yup. Is he a guy that’s consistent enough to give $50 mil per year and can lead you to a Super Bowl? Not a chance.
As critical as I’ve been of Fields’ 4th quarter performance, I wouldn’t mind sticking with him as long as the gm amd hc leave
Keep Fields - draft the elite need positions around him. I want investments in EDGE, WR, C, T/G, 3T before another 1st round pick on QB. We have real needs that no QB can mask alone.
What I keep going back to are the teams that in the playoffs every year and going far in the playoffs without elite QB play. They all focus on team building first through the draft and then they get the QBs that drop to them.
The Chiefs before Mahomes. The Eagles before Hurts. San Fran before Purdy. The Ravens before Lamar.
The blueprint is there. Keep collecting talent in the draft and let the qb drop to you because you have a boatload of picks and can do it.
This is why I think the Bears keep Fields and trade back. It allows them to further stack their team and take a Qb that drops to them if Fields doesn’t pan out in year 4 or his 5th year extension year.
We don’t have to rush into a qb pick this year. We can be patient with Fields, stack the team and then ounce in 25 or 26 draft if a qb drops to us.
What I keep going back to are the teams that in the playoffs every year and going far in the playoffs without elite QB play. They all focus on team building first through the draft and then they get the QBs that drop to them.
The Chiefs before Mahomes. The Eagles before Hurts. San Fran before Purdy. The Ravens before Lamar.
The blueprint is there. Keep collecting talent in the draft and let the qb drop to you because you have a boatload of picks and can do it.
This is why I think the Bears keep Fields and trade back. It allows them to further stack their team and take a Qb that drops to them if Fields doesn’t pan out in year 4 or his 5th year extension year.
We don’t have to rush into a qb pick this year. We can be patient with Fields, stack the team and then ounce in 25 or 26 draft if a qb drops to us.
I think this is the approach that will keep this team competitive year in and year out. That’s all I want. Especially with how many injuries there are on every team at every position nowadays.