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Would you trade 9 for Fields - straight up?


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2 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

I’ve watched him some in the NFL, and I watched him at OSU extensively. Wasn’t overly impressed then, nothing has changed that.  Not judging him til he gets some weapons is a fair idea, however I don’t want to risk the cost to get him when he has two years of tape and still unable to make a judgement.  If he was a FA?  Sure.  But I’d MUCH rather go hard after Stroud, who in the same situation at OSU looked MUCH better. 

How did Stroud look MUCH better at OSU?  Fields took out Lawrence's Clemson Tigers in the playoffs and made it to the championship game.  He also never lost to Michigan.

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2 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

How did Stroud look MUCH better at OSU?  Fields took out Lawrence's Clemson Tigers in the playoffs and made it to the championship game.  He also never lost to Michigan.

You’re quoting team stats. I’m talking about how they played themselves. I watched every throw Fields made that was on YouTube as well as Stroud, not just highlights. I saw him look at a second read fewer times than fingers on one hand.  He didn’t throw with anticipation, he didn’t throw with touch, he didn’t throw with great placement.  He didn’t do the things Stroud does. 

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3 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

You’re quoting team stats. I’m talking about how they played themselves. I watched every throw Fields made that was on YouTube as well as Stroud, not just highlights. I saw him look at a second read fewer times than fingers on one hand.  He didn’t throw with anticipation, he didn’t throw with touch, he didn’t throw with great placement.  He didn’t do the things Stroud does. 

They both were on loaded teams. Stroud is probably more developed as a passer, but damn Fields threw for 6 TDs against Clemson while injured. You should watch that Clemson OSU gane against. He was elite…

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I wish Fields the best but with us very likely eyeing our own QB in the draft it's time to start thinking about moving on from this discussion altogether. Let's just hope Jaycee can stay healthy enough to see through the promising career we expect given where we selected him.

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24 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

They both were on loaded teams. Stroud is probably more developed as a passer, but damn Fields threw for 6 TDs against Clemson while injured. You should watch that Clemson OSU gane against. He was elite…

It’s a common phenomenon for players to look and even be elite in college but they simply don’t have the tools for the pro game. Reggie Bush, Vince Young, tons of even better examples of this.  I’m not saying Fields can’t throw a football, he just can’t throw it nearly as well as Stroud.  He isn’t remotely as developed. I watched the Clemson game, he is capable of making college throws, but Stroud was making NFL throws in college.  Stroud was throwing his receivers open while Fields was throwing to open receivers.  Part of the reason Harrison gets so much hype is because Stroud makes the kind of throws that aren’t just gimmes, over fingertips with touch, before the breaks with anticipation, down a sideline requiring a top tap where only the receiver can make the play, and Harrison makes the play on them.  If you can’t see the difference between Fields’ game and Stroud’s then I don’t know what to tell you. There’s a huge gap that goes far beyond stats and team accomplishments.  

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11 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

It’s a common phenomenon for players to look and even be elite in college but they simply don’t have the tools for the pro game. Reggie Bush, Vince Young, tons of even better examples of this.  I’m not saying Fields can’t throw a football, he just can’t throw it nearly as well as Stroud.  He isn’t remotely as developed. I watched the Clemson game, he is capable of making college throws, but Stroud was making NFL throws in college.  Stroud was throwing his receivers open while Fields was throwing to open receivers.  Part of the reason Harrison gets so much hype is because Stroud makes the kind of throws that aren’t just gimmes, over fingertips with touch, before the breaks with anticipation, down a sideline requiring a top tap where only the receiver can make the play, and Harrison makes the play on them.  If you can’t see the difference between Fields’ game and Stroud’s then I don’t know what to tell you. There’s a huge gap that goes far beyond stats and team accomplishments.  

That’s fair and I agreed Stroud was a better thrower of a football in college. I just think you are underrating Fields throwing in college as well. I mean look at his 2019 stats over 3200 passing yards 67% 41 TDs and 3 INT all just passing stats. He throws a beautiful deep ball. It’s hard to look as good on the Bears with a bad OL and no weapons, so he has to use his legs more.

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Just now, ForJimmy said:

That’s fair and I agreed Stroud was a better thrower of a football in college. I just think you are underrating Fields throwing in college as well. I mean look at his 2019 stats over 3200 passing yards 67% 41 TDs and 3 INT all just passing stats. He throws a beautiful deep ball. It’s hard to look as good on the Bears with a bad OL and no weapons, so he has to use his legs more.

For sure, and I agree he has a beautiful deep ball. And I said I’d be ok trading a couple seconds for him. Spending #9 would be kinda tough tbh. Now if I’m choosing between spending two seconds on Fields with his rookie contract or spending $30+mil on Derek Carr, I’d probably go with Fields since he’s younger and could still develop. I like Carr but he’s on the back end of his career. 

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