re: Justin Fields has epilepsy

It’s one thing to evaluate players individually and point to reasons they will succeed or struggle. It’s another thing to do this based off other college qbs that happened to play for the same college or coach, but individually have different character and skillsets.

Think about all the QB’s that rolled through Texas Tech and put up insane numbers. If you would’ve held Texas Tech’s system and previous nfl failures against Mahomes, that ultimately would have been a huge mistake.

I honestly don’t think anyone expected any of the QB’s Urban had to be successful in the pros.

Pryor- Came out trying to be a receiver and was always more athlete than QB

Cardale- Was highly inaccurate and often displayed stupidity on social media

Troy Smith- Undersized with weak arm

JT Barrett- Great guy, Weak arm

Haskins- Legit talent, but was clearly not very smart if you paid attention to him in interviews

Alex Smith- Classic overachiever. Good for him. I honestly think Mac Jones/ Alex Smith might not be an awful player comp. The fact that Alex Smith went number 1 and A Rod went in the 20’s in the same draft is nuts, but I don’t think anyone can hate on A Smith’s career.

Burrow- Let’s not blame Urban on that one. Most of the country missed on this kid and it sounds like he possibly had a shot to beat out Haskins before he got injured in camp

Cam Newton- It’s not Urban’s fault that Cam was running around cheating on papers and stealing laptops lol.

Justin Fields- Pros- Great athlete, great arm, good decision maker, loves the game, above average character

Cons- Maybe was a bit of a 1 read QB (even so- that seemed to work out well for him because he was extremely accurate and if your first read is open, there is no reason to go to your second read).The transfer from Georgia- but don’t hate the kid for taking advantage of the rules. Hate the NCAA for having loopholes in place. Also, Georgia did not really fulfill the promises they made to him when they recruited him. Ultimately, the decision resulted in Fields getting to play 2 years for a great program and put a lot of positive things on film, so I can’t hate him for taking advantage of the system that is in place.

Also another note regarding Fields- Didn’t he technically play under Ryan Day? It might not have been the exact same system Urban was running.

I think Fields is going to be really good and him getting pushed down the draft is ultimately going to help him because he will be getting drafted into a better situation than he would if he went 1, 2 or 7 (the Lions)