Bears to decide on QB Justin Fields

It's crazy how a team can identify a quarterback they want, give up a lot of draft capital and in a few short years decide it's not working out.

@"Greylock" said: It's crazy how a team can identify a quarterback they want, give up a lot of draft capital and in a few short years decide it's not working out.

what I find crazy is how some teams are so quick to throw raw prospects to the wolves,  sure some kids are ready right out of college,   but they are few and far between,   I dont care who we take to replace cousins,  I dont want him starting year 1 or at least until any expectation for the season is off his shoulders and he can just go out and play and learn.  Get a cheap veteran bridge QB that will be willing to work with the kid for a year.

@"JimmyinSD" said: what I find crazy is how some teams are so quick to throw raw prospects to the wolves,  sure some kids are ready right out of college,   but they are few and far between,   I dont care who we take to replace cousins,  I dont want him starting year 1 or at least until any expectation for the season is off his shoulders and he can just go out and play and learn.  Get a cheap veteran bridge QB that will be willing to work with the kid for a year.

Nowhere in this article does it say that the bears are
moving on from Fields.  Nowhere does it say
that the bears are actually thinking about moving on from Fields.  This article is pure speculation from
Spielman on what he thinks the Bears should be doing in the offseason.  All underperforming teams need to do
self-reflection on what went wrong, was it coaching?  Was it the players?  I think there’s a very real possibility that
the team’s front office lays a solid amount of blame on the coaching staff for
their situation and that could muddy the water a bit on what to do with Fields.

That said, I do think it’s funny that Spielman doesn’t
acknowledge the possibility of bringing in a new guy, letting them compete, and
having the best player play.

They will get Caleb Williams next year 

@"JimmyinSD" said: what I find crazy is how some teams are so quick to throw raw prospects to the wolves,  sure some kids are ready right out of college,   but they are few and far between,   I dont care who we take to replace cousins,  I dont want him starting year 1 or at least until any expectation for the season is off his shoulders and he can just go out and play and learn.  Get a cheap veteran bridge QB that will be willing to work with the kid for a year.

@"mgobluevikes" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: what I find crazy is how some teams are so quick to throw raw prospects to the wolves,  sure some kids are ready right out of college,   but they are few and far between,   I dont care who we take to replace cousins,  I dont want him starting year 1 or at least until any expectation for the season is off his shoulders and he can just go out and play and learn.  Get a cheap veteran bridge QB that will be willing to work with the kid for a year.

You only get a few short years on that rookie contract. You don't spend a high 1st on a kid and let him sit for a year...period. The expectation for a high 1st player is that they are NFL ready. I give them a grace period of a few games if they need it to get used to the speed and flow of the games and weekly schedule. The rest is on the job training and always will be.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"mgobluevikes" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: what I find crazy is how some teams are so quick to throw raw prospects to the wolves,  sure some kids are ready right out of college,   but they are few and far between,   I dont care who we take to replace cousins,  I dont want him starting year 1 or at least until any expectation for the season is off his shoulders and he can just go out and play and learn.  Get a cheap veteran bridge QB that will be willing to work with the kid for a year.

You only get a few short years on that rookie contract. You don't spend a high 1st on a kid and let him sit for a year...period. The expectation for a high 1st player is that they are NFL ready. I give them a grace period of a few games if they need it to get used to the speed and flow of the games and weekly schedule. The rest is on the job training and always will be.

You get 4 pretty affordable years,  if the difference between them having a successful career means using part or one of those years for them to be mentored and brought along slowly vs getting shell shocked and going to shit ,  imo that's money well spent   Or you can do as you say,  throw them out there before they are ready and watch them struggle for a couple years and then do it all over again.  Some positions are prepared by the college game,  some most certainly aren't,  with QBs,  it seems that they need more.

@"StickyBun" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"mgobluevikes" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: what I find crazy is how some teams are so quick to throw raw prospects to the wolves,  sure some kids are ready right out of college,   but they are few and far between,   I dont care who we take to replace cousins,  I dont want him starting year 1 or at least until any expectation for the season is off his shoulders and he can just go out and play and learn.  Get a cheap veteran bridge QB that will be willing to work with the kid for a year.

You only get a few short years on that rookie contract. You don't spend a high 1st on a kid and let him sit for a year...period. The expectation for a high 1st player is that they are NFL ready. I give them a grace period of a few games if they need it to get used to the speed and flow of the games and weekly schedule. The rest is on the job training and always will be.

You get 4 pretty affordable years,  if the difference between them having a successful career means using part or one of those years for them to be mentored and brought along slowly vs getting shell shocked and going to shit ,  imo that's money well spent   Or you can do as you say,  throw them out there before they are ready and watch them struggle for a couple years and then do it all over again.  Some positions are prepared by the college game,  some most certainly aren't,  with QBs,  it seems that they need more.

CJ Stroud has had one good game so far and the media has crowned him a success and the future of the NFL already.

@"StickyBun" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"mgobluevikes" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: what I find crazy is how some teams are so quick to throw raw prospects to the wolves,  sure some kids are ready right out of college,   but they are few and far between,   I dont care who we take to replace cousins,  I dont want him starting year 1 or at least until any expectation for the season is off his shoulders and he can just go out and play and learn.  Get a cheap veteran bridge QB that will be willing to work with the kid for a year.

You only get a few short years on that rookie contract. You don't spend a high 1st on a kid and let him sit for a year...period. The expectation for a high 1st player is that they are NFL ready. I give them a grace period of a few games if they need it to get used to the speed and flow of the games and weekly schedule. The rest is on the job training and always will be.

You get 4 pretty affordable years,  if the difference between them having a successful career means using part or one of those years for them to be mentored and brought along slowly vs getting shell shocked and going to shit ,  imo that's money well spent   Or you can do as you say,  throw them out there before they are ready and watch them struggle for a couple years and then do it all over again.  Some positions are prepared by the college game,  some most certainly aren't,  with QBs,  it seems that they need more.

CJ Stroud has had one good game so far and the media has crowned him a success and the future of the NFL already.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"mgobluevikes" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: what I find crazy is how some teams are so quick to throw raw prospects to the wolves,  sure some kids are ready right out of college,   but they are few and far between,   I dont care who we take to replace cousins,  I dont want him starting year 1 or at least until any expectation for the season is off his shoulders and he can just go out and play and learn.  Get a cheap veteran bridge QB that will be willing to work with the kid for a year.

You only get a few short years on that rookie contract. You don't spend a high 1st on a kid and let him sit for a year...period. The expectation for a high 1st player is that they are NFL ready. I give them a grace period of a few games if they need it to get used to the speed and flow of the games and weekly schedule. The rest is on the job training and always will be.

You get 4 pretty affordable years,  if the difference between them having a successful career means using part or one of those years for them to be mentored and brought along slowly vs getting shell shocked and going to shit ,  imo that's money well spent   Or you can do as you say,  throw them out there before they are ready and watch them struggle for a couple years and then do it all over again.  Some positions are prepared by the college game,  some most certainly aren't,  with QBs,  it seems that they need more.

 Fields might be paid under the table to slow play and enable the Bears to get high picks.
One more year of that will enable the Bears to stock their roster.

@"Godhead" said:  Fields might be paid under the table to slow play and enable the Bears to get high picks. One more year of that will enable the Bears to stock their roster.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Godhead" said:  Fields might be paid under the table to slow play and enable the Bears to get high picks. One more year of that will enable the Bears to stock their roster.

Or...he just might not be very good and the next roster spot they stock is a starting QB.

I couldn't figure out why so many thought he turned a corner last year. It was the opposite. If he was ever going to be an NFL QB last year had to be the year he transitioned from athlete to QB, however ugly that might get.

Instead he became a weapon on the ground and the Bears won a few games because of it. It ruined him. He'll have better games this year, but it's over. Bears will draft a QB in the spring. 

What a QB draft that was.  Of course, Lawrence at #1 was a no brainer not that he is setting the world on fire.  I had Wilson a very close second and Fields an easy Top 10 pick then Mac Jones and Lance last.  I would say I had a few of those right but certainly not Wilson and Fields I thought they would be sure fire starters.  Armchair GM strikes again.  

@"minny65" said: What a QB draft that was.  Of course, Lawrence at #1 was a no brainer not that he is setting the world on fire.  I had Wilson a very close second and Fields an easy Top 10 pick then Mac Jones and Lance last.  I would say I had a few of those right but certainly not Wilson and Fields I thought they would be sure fire starters.  Armchair GM strikes again.