Darnold doesn't bother me

[CanadianCat]

2 minutes ago, Aussie Tank said:

What we payed for Darnold is a lot better than if we took Fields at 8 

Fields doesnt look very good right now. But had we drafted him we would have said he was good but our oline was bad. We would have basically doubled down on a mistake. 

[CRA]

8 minutes ago, Aussie Tank said:

What we payed for Darnold is a lot better than if we took Fields at 8 

We don't know that.   Sam was prepped to start all camp and is a 4 year vet. 

Chicago prepped Dalton all camp and then threw Fields into a Dalton offense as rookie. 

Gotta give Fields a little time.   We have seen lots of rookies be disaters out of the gate and get settled in.  Fields might end up sucking.  Way too early to chalk passing on him or Mac as good moves though.    

[BrianS]

19 minutes ago, NorthTryon said:

Why are you sh*tting on my post? He is on some Daniel Snyder type stuff. And Sam Darnold ain't getting past his slow release, his slow progressions, or his lack of accuracy if he hasn't as a soon to be four year starter. And if Gardner Minshew was your first option what the hell do you want in a QB other than mediocrity?

Before you poo on Minshew, you might want to look a little closer.

Yes, the Jags were 7-25 over the last two seasons, the two where Minshew was on the roster.  Minshew was 7-13.  While that record isn't wonderful, what it does say is that WITHOUT him the Jags didn't win a single game.

His stats look fine.  On his career, he's at 63% overall completions.  He made a huge jump from his rookie season to his second season, going from 60% to 66%.  His TD% looks good at 4.5%, on par with Derek Carr.  His INT% even better at 1.4%, on par with Aaron Rodgers.

All of this while on a Jacksonville team that was, believe it or not, even worse than ours.

Honestly, I would have much rather had Minshew and someone like Brissett in here than what we have.  But that's just me.

[Toomers]

13 minutes ago, CRA said:

We don't know that.   Sam was prepped to start all camp and is a 4 year vet. 

Chicago prepped Dalton all camp and then threw Fields into a Dalton offense as rookie. 

Gotta give Fields a little time.   We have seen lots of rookies be disaters out of the gate and get settled in.  Fields might end up sucking.  Way too early to chalk passing on him or Mac as good moves though.    

And Fields will cost less for 4 seasons than Darnold will for this one.