Just curious with the Fields debate. Has there ever been a QB mid-way through their 3rd year or later with so much uncertainty develop into a reliable starting QB? Alex Smith comes to mind but obviously wasn’t good enough to keep his position.
Just curious with the Fields debate. Has there ever been a QB mid-way through their 3rd year or later with so much uncertainty develop into a reliable starting QB? Alex Smith comes to mind but obviously wasn’t good enough to keep his position.
I don’t think there have been many QBs in Fields position. Which despite all the shit on this sub, makes him really hard to evaluate.
His rookie year he played under an outgoing front/office coach who used him as a last ditch effort to save themselves. As shown by his first start in Cleveland, they very clearly did not set him up for success.
His 2nd year the organization changes from top to bottom. Learns a new offense while simultaneously having one of the least talented offenses of the past 5 years.
The staff he’s under now is at risk of getting canned again because they’re simply underperforming with all the talent on the team. Not just Justin.
So there’s not many QBs who’ve been put into this spot. Despite all this, he hasn’t been really that bad. They’ve lost a lot, but fun fact: the average number of points by the winning team in the NFL is 26.6. Fields has led us to more than that on 6 occansions and lost the game. The defense rarely has helped him. His numbers this year have genuinely been average. He’s playing like a middle of the pack QB.
I agree with your post except for using this stat. Half of games have been won with over 26.6 points, getting over that hurdle and losing 6 of them over a 33 game span doesn’t scream that its only a problem with the defense.