I'm not buying this narrative. Or at least not blaming Arob, if this is even minutely true. The bottom line is that Arob was averaging 100 catches and near 1,200 yards receiving the last two seasons with the Bears.
I agree that Fields likes to throw to guys with separation, but in the NFL its not always going to be there. You have to trust your playmakers. And even if Fields was hesitant, Matt Nagy should have done what was necessary to make sure his top playmaker got the ball in his hand. You design and call plays for Arob. You do everything to help your rookie QB by having him utilize his best weapon. Fields can make a tight throw. But you have to force feed Arob the ball.
If Fields starts throwing the INT, then you adjust. But until then it should make life easier when you get your top playmaker involved.
I mean at this point is there a reason to even argue with you since your man crush on A-Rob is blatant?
A-Rob was an excellent receiver for the Bears with the exception of last year, where he had a pity party over not getting a contract extension. The coaches did indeed screw with him a little in terms of the routes they gave him to run, but it's a contract year and even if you're given the shittiest route, you run that shit route to the best of your ability, because even if you're down, you know it's a contract year and you need to put up numbers to try to get paid.
In a year when you see athletes go all out because they all want to get paid, A-Rob folded and it was apparent all season that he was not giving his full effort, cutting off routes, and that there were a number of balls he could have gotten to had he been running full speed. It got to the point where Fields wasn't even looking for him anymore because he wasn't where he was supposed to be.
Everyone gets stuck in shit situations but A-Rob put himself in the last place any of us thought he would ever go - to a place where we had to question his heart.
And that's why he didn't end up getting the super contract he wanted.
Now do I think he's going to do just fine with the rams? Well when he's invested, he'll do fine. He went to a Super bowl team so I think he's going to look just fine over there.
But him on a team looking to rebuild? You don't need him loafing and sulking. Keep in mind this is a coaching staff that preaches maximum effort. So to have a player who in a year would most players would go all out no matter how bad the situation is to decide to mentally take a year off, there's no way in hell they would want someone like that around in a rebuild when they're trying to bring in a new culture.
