I like Justin Fields the person and the leader but I don’t know if he can ever be a great QB. My question is, is he good enough?
Yes, we can draft another QB with pick 1 or 4 (or whatever) but we can get a boatload of picks by trading down from #1. Most highly drafted QBs don’t turn into great NFL QBs and our franchise sucks at developing them.
As the defense is playing well, the OLine looks solid, can we go forward and compete with JF1?
Personally, I think if we boot Getsy and get an OC who actually builds a plan around Fields, we may be able to compete by investing in OL, DL and WR.
And if we win 2-3 more games, we might be stuck with the entire front office for next year anyway.
It’s interesting how in all of these Fields debate threads I almost never see his injury history mentioned. Even if we keep him and he does end up reaching his potential, that would include using his legs consistently which will always lead to taking hits, plus it’s pretty clear he will always take a lot of sacks.
Taking sacks isn’t the end of the world (Russ and Burrow also take a lot of sacks), and his mobility is one of his best weapons so I’m not saying that should just be avoided at all costs. Just feels like him having an injury and missing games each year since we drafted him should be a bigger concern than most seem to see it as.