I was not at all worried about Mitch Trubisky playing well in Pittsburgh. But for some reason I kinda am worried about Fields going somewhere else and being like a top 10 QB in the league. Does anyone else feel this way? The guy has a crazy amount of talent and also is very mentally tough. IDK what is holding him back, it just doesn’t seem to make sense.
No, not even a little.
No matter how physically talented you are, you can’t succeed in the NFL as a QB without the ability to read a defense in real time, and fields is absolutely horrible at it. It makes everything around him look worse. He’s a career killer for coaches and OCs.
Around a dozen QBs get drafted each year in the NFL and 1-2 per draft become above-average starters. There’s not enough jobs to go around to keep giving chances to every bust.