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You’re right, that’s not a good way to develop a QB. Fields was given a raw deal. But he bears responsibility for his play, too. I never see the Fields Fanatics acknowledge that.Because would Williams or Maye succeed if they were out in exact same spot as Fields first 3 years?
This is why I believe to build the team first before getting the QB. Give the QB the best chance to succeed.
Mahomes, Jackson didn’t came and start right away for their teams. They sat behind a vet QB and didn’t have teams devoid of talent.
Fields came in with a GM and HC heading out the door. The team’s talent was on a downward trend due to being old and bad contracts. Then 2nd year was a gut job. This isn’t a recipe for success to develop a QB.
How about the very real possibility that Fields has been damaged and learned some bad habits from the poor situation the Bears put him in? Those bad habits (like his inability/fear/whatever we want to call it) to step up in (admittedly weak) pockets, for one) aren’t going to go away simply because the players around him get better. He needs to learn what he should have learned 3 years ago now. Fields is still a project. Do you invest in a project who’s already proven pretty disappointing (23rd in QBR and a very real lack of confidence in the 4th quarter) or do you start fresh with undamaged goods, “generational” goods at that.
There is no comparison. Pudge Poles knows it . . .