Yesterday was the perfect “reinforce your prior opinion on Justin fields” game. Played solidly on scripted drives, took the Bears down and put together a go ahead scoring drive, but also held the ball too long, looked jumpy in the pocket at times and fumbled the ball away twice in the 4th quarter. He gets credit for the throw to Moore and a few plays here and there but I think it’s net negative. Bears should’ve won by at least two scores yesterday and a lot of that is on the quarterback
But a lot of that is also on Getsy I mean Jesus Christ enough with the screens. I get the Vikings like to bring pressure but it was obvious they knew it was coming and he never adjusted. Screens aren’t the only way to beat blitzes, but again we get this super conservative predicable game plan that doesn’t at all utilize what your quarterback does well.
This is once again the problem with not having your HC/QB in sync. The coaching staff is coaching for their jobs while the FO is trying to evaluate a young QB that the coaching staff clearly doesnt trust to do anything other than basic one read plays. Maybe the fact that the staff doesn’t trust Fields to air it out is ultimately the answer on him but I don’t trust that these fucking idiots know that for sure. They’re just spineless
Also, no slants. It’s so weird. Dj Moore YAC God and yet no timing routes anywhere to be seen.
I also wonder if there is a bit of Jon Lester Syndrome to opposing DCs. Like, Lester wasn’t going to throw over to first, yet people were still scared. you know the bears are going to run screens, you know it. Yet I don’t see a lot of press man? It’s weird.
Yesterday was the perfect “reinforce your prior opinion on Justin fields” game. Played solidly on scripted drives, took the Bears down and put together a go ahead scoring drive, but also held the ball too long, looked jumpy in the pocket at times and fumbled the ball away twice in the 4th quarter.
Three years on and every game he plays is still open to interpretation. That is the hallmark of a decent backup QB in the NFL.
Yesterday was the perfect “reinforce your prior opinion on Justin fields” game. Played solidly on scripted drives, took the Bears down and put together a go ahead scoring drive, but also held the ball too long, looked jumpy in the pocket at times and fumbled the ball away twice in the 4th quarter. He gets credit for the throw to Moore and a few plays here and there but I think it’s net negative. Bears should’ve won by at least two scores yesterday and a lot of that is on the quarterback
But a lot of that is also on Getsy I mean Jesus Christ enough with the screens. I get the Vikings like to bring pressure but it was obvious they knew it was coming and he never adjusted. Screens aren’t the only way to beat blitzes, but again we get this super conservative predicable game plan that doesn’t at all utilize what your quarterback does well.
This is once again the problem with not having your HC/QB in sync. The coaching staff is coaching for their jobs while the FO is trying to evaluate a young QB that the coaching staff clearly doesnt trust to do anything other than basic one read plays. Maybe the fact that the staff doesn’t trust Fields to air it out is ultimately the answer on him but I don’t trust that these fucking idiots know that for sure. They’re just spineless
Also, no slants. It’s so weird. Dj Moore YAC God and yet no timing routes anywhere to be seen.
I also wonder if there is a bit of Jon Lester Syndrome to opposing DCs. Like, Lester wasn’t going to throw over to first, yet people were still scared. you know the bears are going to run screens, you know it. Yet I don’t see a lot of press man? It’s weird.
There were plenty of plays with slant routes. They usually ended up with Fields running around in the backfield.
Quick hit plays that require precise timing are Fields’ biggest weakness and he misses the window every time.
Where?
Like one or two plays? Where were there plenty of plays with slant routes?
Three years on and every game he plays is still open to interpretation. That is the hallmark of a decent backup QB in the NFL.