Fire Nagy now.
Dalton sucks.
How can you look at your FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK, who you TRADED UP TO GET, after this game and decide to go back to Dalton? WHY? Dalton won't take us anywhere. OMFG. This guy.
Why? It is simply because Nagy wants to run Nagy's offense and he knows Fields isn't the kind of quarterback to do it. That was CLEARLY shown in the Cleveland game. Why do you think he brings in guys like Foles and Dalton? Neither one has had a brilliant, consistent career. But they can run the kind of pseudo-West Coast offense that Nagy likes.
I honestly think he hates the idea of Lazor calling plays. This can be the only reason why he is benching Fields and bringing back Dalton. I don't think anything Justin did was completely groundbreaking but what he did do was give a clue to people as to what Fields can do when allowed to mature as a QB. And Matt Nagy will never be able to gameplan for that kind of player.
I hope Rich Eisen is right and this is the kind of move that gets a coach fired. These decisions, especially if Dalton's milquetoast passing continues in the next few games will most likely cost us games. Nagy wants to keep his job. Well, you will keep your job if it looks like you are trying to get the new face of the franchise up to speed. But he won't swallow his pride and won't put someone in charge that can take advantage of a quarterback with Fields's skillset. So a 5-12 season will probably result and hopefully we can be rid of him.
Just a little, minor factoid. Right now, at this moment, after the horrible couple of first games (Cincy and Cleveland) Justin Field's yards per attempt are almost identical to Dalton's lifetime numbers. This probably probably improve even more as he starts getting comfortable. The only reason it isn't significantly better now is because for two games he had to play a Nagy offense.
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