re: I don’t think Justin Fields is good

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Yeah, but Haskins’s biggest skill weakness (downfield accuracy) is one of Fields’s biggest strengths. Not to mention, it appears Haskins biggest problem overall (regardless of skill) is his attitude, work ethic, and just overall common sense (the partying video), a recipe for disaster for anyone. So if Fields avoids that recipe, he should be a lot more successful, especially since he’s got better tools.

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Okay that’s fine and all
But at first your only reasoning behind “he’s good” is because he’s a first round draft pick
There’s plenty of Busts in the first round
Haskins was one of them
And people here believe Fields will as well

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No play better symbolized this than when Fields didn’t even recognize we were down a player on a crucial third down.

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You play for Bama?

I don’t think he’ll be very good in the NFL. Maybe mid to late first rounder, but not top 5. I don’t see him being better than Desean Watson or Lamar Jackson ( didn’t think Lamar would be good either though).

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You play for Bama?

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Yes I’m Mac Jones. This post is me hyping my draft stock.

He is good. You don’t destroy Clemson like that if you’re not “good”. I wouldn’t call him elite. But he is good.

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His game has nothing in common with lamer Jackson besides being black.

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Where is this coming from........

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Fields is much much better than Fromm could ever dream of being

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Neither will be anything more than a clipboard holder so no matter.

Fields will get paid, and then crash and burn like every other OSU qb.

Then Northwestern game showed huge flaws for him. With Olave out and against a defense that was pretty good he struggled. He can’t make reads quickly and when the first option want there, the play was DOA.

Sermon bested in that game and won it for them.

Against Clemson, their weakness all year has been at DB and with their best safety out by of targeting in the first half, all the youth and inexperience helped Fields.

This wasn’t your typical Clemson defense either. Last year going into the championship game, they were giving up only 11.5 ppg and finished #3. This year they gave up over 20 ppg and were #18.

He has the physical tools. He has a few mechanical things teams will look to refine.

His maturity and ability to get through progressions will determine his pro fate. Given that he's had reasonable coaching at OSU, and hasn't made as much progress as you'd hope, it isn't a given that he will be able to develop in those ways. Unless, of course, you believe he was poorly coached at OSU, and hasn't been given those opportunities to grow.

The weakenesses were especially noticable in his read progressions against Northwestern in the B10 Title Game-- and Pat Fitzgerald's disciplined defenses. In each of their last 4 matchups, OSU has clearly outmanned the Wildcats across the board-- two of those, though, were Fields starts. In one he was able to exploit the mismatches early and dominate with better talent-- but in the later he struggled. Traditionally, the OSU offense has simply run roughshod over Northwestern, dating back through Haskins and before, so some view it as a warning sign that he may lack the polish needed.

I tend to think Fields will struggle early, until the pro game and the disciplined defenses he will face will force him to mature. He has all the tools you want, but not the mature understanding of the ins and outs of the game you want. If he doesn't develop in a year or two, he'll end up a backup somewhere.