All true. He’s still better than Fields though because he can actually read a defense. Sorry, it’s just plain as day obvious. Maybe Fields gets better. Maybe he doesn’t. Maybe this is Jones ceiling. Maybe not. I don’t know the future. What I do know is today, right now, if I had to pick one of the two to win a game with I’m picking Jones.
Who is the coach and what supporting cast are you picking for that game as well? Justin has his problems, no doubt about that, but come one....Bill and the Patriots or Nagy and the Bears.....Clear as day why Jones is doing better. Hell, Bill made Matt Cassel look like the next coming and the Chiefs were dumb enough to give him a huge contract after that 1 season.
No one can judge Justin Fields until he has a proper coach and cohesive offensive strategy/play calling/Play design. Put Justin Fields on the Patriots and he looks probably even better than Mac Jones.
Now as for the can't read defense part, Justin has some issues with this as do all rookie QB's. However, and Nagy has even admitted as much (look at the presser after the Cleveland Game). Justin doesn't have any audible options (again, Nagy basically admitted this after Cleveland when they ran the ball against a stacked defense on the sweep). Its hard to read a defense when you literally have no idea what the hell the offense is suppose to do because its so piss poorly design.
Justin may never good or he could be the next Josh Allen (whom everyone thought was a bust through year 1 and now he is an MVP candidate). BUT, the main thing is we cannot judge him fairly until Nagy and the the entire coaching staff (save maybe Desai) are fired.