Tim Tebow 2.0, can run, can't throw, it amazes me how stupid this franchise is, I can't wait for all the 3 and outs, ground and pound baby!!!
This: We have to stop pretending that people are drawing conclusions on Justin Fields after just two preseason games. What we’ve seen mirrors his entire four-year career. What he’s struggled with he’s struggled with his entire career. The one thing he does well isn’t evident in camp or preseason so obviously he will be better but anyone expecting anything other than what we’ve seen from him so far is going to be sorely upset. This is four years worth of evidence people are basing opinions on. Not two games.
Fields improved last season and unlike the Jets, Pittsburgh didn't build the offense around him. He has a good chance to improve again this season, so I'm not pessimistic like other on this board.
I understand it is more than 2 preseason games 12 snaps. Btw, one of these games was very good. However, my point was that it was the same situation for Baker and Sam. Years of tape resulted in them being discarded but they rebounded and were decent last year. And while last week was not encouraging, I would not rule that out yet for Fields. As I said before, I think if it does happen for him, we will know after 5-6 games once the season starts, not even after 1st few games of regular season. Definitely not after 12 drop backs in preseason. A big part of his game was running to set up the pass, designed QB runs. It's a new offense too. They won't show it in preseason. It will just take time, and I don't know if it will happen or not, and would even concede probably not, but from what I have seen so far, I am not ready to rule this out just yet.
Yeah look, I think it’s fair to say that regular season games may look different. While they aren’t going to show all the wrinkles in preseason, and on top of that, I’m sure they don’t want Fields running it a lot in some meaningless preseason games, I DO think that strategically, this IS what they want to be this year. I think they know Fields isn’t a great passer and I also think they are trying to build a culture of toughness, so I do think that we will be a very run heavy team. They’ve said as much, and vanilla or not, the preseason games have backed that up. Shit, we ran the ball on 3rd and 8!!! And got the first, by the way! I think we are going to be run run run and then run some more. Problem is, that’s ain’t gonna be enough to beat any of the good teams…that isn’t going to beat Buffalo, KC, Baltimore, etc. Because those teams can score at will most of the time. So great, we burn 8 minutes on a drive and have to settle for a FG because Fields can’t convert a third down and then a team like Buf or KC will go score a TD inside of 3 minutes. This run game is a nice idea and it makes sense for a team trying to claw up from mediocrity when we don’t have a QB, but it’s not a recipe for winning games. You need to strike on a QB like Stroud or Daniel’s, who by the way, didn’t take YEARS to show they belong. They showed right away. So do I expect Fields to be much better? No not really. He hasn’t been accurate. He hasn’t processed fast enough. We’ve seen zero signs that those issues are fixed now. So while I agree it’ll be a much more reasonable assessment 5 or 6 games in, I believe that the most likely assessment will be the same one we are making now. Maybe a bit better if he runs more and makes some plays that way, but as a QB? Not expecting much better.
