re: Justin Fields, the Chicago Bears and a quarterback conundrum

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The Bears are 4-2 since Fields came back

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Fields has 5 TD passes in those 6 games, and 4 out of those 6 games a sub 90 QB rating.

Fields completed 60.4% of his passes in those 6 games, which would be Zach Wilson level bad. Would be good for 29th in the NFL.

Fields averaged 6.3 YPA in those 6 games, which would be 25th in the NFL.

The Bears defense carried them in those games, giving up 17/16/20/13/10/31 in those games. Fields was his normal mediocre self.



Disclaimer: I didn't check his rushing stats. They were probably good, but I'd argue fro the sake of this greater discussion, his rushing is largely irrelevant, because if he can't become a top 20 NFL passer, he'll never be even an average QB, running or not.

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Always a risk with a rookie, could be Stroud, could be Young

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I'll take the risk when the risk is the #1 pick, one of the better QB prospects in the last 10 years, and the alternative is a below avg QB going into year 4.