If a player has not gotten better at the things that are essential to being an NFL QB by Year 4, then it is unlikely they will have much opportunity to be a long term
starter in the NFL. Could he be a backup and hang around for awhile? Possibly.
Almost all data also showed we had an awful interior ol mostly due to the center.
Hard to play QB in the NFL when you cant step up into a pocket, cause there is no pocket.
Let's assume your rationale is slightly correct. Let's build up this position. The claim is that the OL is responsible for the pressure. Thus, you associate what percentage of attempt/sack ratio to the pressures created by interior OL?
90%? 100%? 50%?
If you could somehow produce such an association, then you logically deduct the percentage of the sacks from the total and put the rest onto the player.
Here's the rub.
You have to do that for EVERY player you compare him against and can you? Will you? I doubt it. Thus, it makes every player you compare him to look even better.
So let's make a basic assumption. Every player coming into the league deals with pressure from the left, right, and interior. How come
some manage to avoid the horrific numbers of Justin Fields? It's not because they were set up better, it is because they are better. Some guys do not make it to game speed.
[insert diatribe about how the organization has failed to set up Bears QBs to succeed and how inept they are]
I think if you stick Manning or Brees on the roster at any point in their careers, they would have put up BETTER numbers than Fields. It's not limited to them, but probably a huge list of players.
Justin Fields is just not one of those players. It's clear. The numbers prove how inefficient he is as a pocket QB. He's inaccurate. Processes slow. Takes too many sacks. By comparison, Mitch Trubisky was a much better QB.
If you can provide me an example where a player who presented as Justin has, using the exact same rationale you are selling here, and show how he ascended once relocated, then I will change my position readily. The problem I believe is that even in the best of examples you may find, they never had the issues Justin had with accuracy or sacks.
Maybe I'm wrong to which I anxiously await your reply.