I like to look at rookie contract QB’s in this way because it shows their most recent full length season, Will continue to do this ever game until the end of the year.
Do not take this as an endorsement for or against keeping him.
The last 17 games tracker:
The Good: His last 17 games he is at 4200 total yards and 33 total td’s, 93.2 rating.
The bad: 5 fumbles lost and 12 picks. About a 2:1 TD to turnover ratio. Sacks: 62, about 3.5 per game.
His first 17 games:
Justin Fields has a passer rating of 73.2 with 2,549 yards, 10 touchdowns and 14 interceptions in 17 games in his first 17 games in his career.
Fields ability to absorb sacks is my biggest complaint about him. Bagent having the lowest sack rate in 4 games shows that all those sacks are majority Justin’s fault.
You are right. It really highlighted the notion that the OL was actually doing much better, but Fields was causing many of his own sack problems.
Well Bagent also released the ball in like a second each play. But yes it was noticeably different. Fields will wait more for a long ball opportunity to open which may or may not. As for fumbles, hopefully if he addresses becoming stagnant in the pocket scanning and taking sacks, then fumbling will take care of itself.