Does anyone know why Fields fell?

[Mighty Joe Young]

if the beat guys won’t even bring up the rumor on air then it can’t really be all that credible or major.

Oh I know the rumor is not credible. The impression I got was that it was out and out bullshit.

But I am still curious as to what the bullshit rumor was that forced him to drop.

 

[DaaBears]

He really wasn't even that bad against Indiana. His first interception I'm 90% sure the receiver ran a bad route, if you watch, the receiver cuts in like he's running a deep in and then suddenly cuts back up field. Second INT was bobbled around, not a great decision but came from trying to do to much. Ditto, the third, he was in the process of getting tackled and made a throw he had no business trying. Just a bad decision but again, not one that had anything to do with reading/processing defenses. Needs to just take the sack. He still threw for 300 yards.

Northwestern was a clunker though. Easily his worst game in college.

None of that justifies him falling. Again, people can overlook Trey Lance looking like a high school quarterback against nobodies in his one and only game and decide he's a top 3 pick? Talking about a guy with 4 200 yard passing games in his entire college career. If you watch anything beyond the highlights there is absolutely no comparison between Fields and Lance. Fields is an elite NFL prospect. He showed it time and again. Lance is a guy with little experience and less production against garbage competition.

I have to admit, I do not believe I have ever seen Trey Lance play. With the pandemic I watched more college football than ever so plenty Alabama, Ohio State and BYU. Never North Dakota State since my gambling days.

 

[Tjodalv]

Oh I know the rumor is not credible. The impression I got was that it was out and out bullshit.

But I am still curious as to what the bullshit rumor was that forced him to drop.

There wasn't any bullshit rumor, only a rumor about a bullshit rumor which you have now bought into. Congrats.

 

[botfly10]

Against Clemson Fields was phenomenal. In the NCAA championship he wasn't. 17 for 33, 190 yards, 1 TD. In same game Mac Jones was 36-45, 450 yards, 5 TDs. Of course different situations.

Against Northwestern and Indiana he was bad. He left Georgia for Ohio State because he couldn't beat out Jake Fromm for starting job. Fromm went I think in 5th round and is 3rd string for Buffalo.

He might end up a star in the NFL, or maybe not. Lamar Jackson went 32nd, 5th QB picked and got MVP in second year.

I don't think anybody really knows.

The Fromm thing is sus af

 

[Chicagosports89]

There wasn't any bullshit rumor, only a rumor about a bullshit rumor which you have now bought into. Congrats.

It's like when he talked about the rumor deshaun Watson framed himself to get out of Houston

 

[Chicagosports89]

The Fromm thing is sus af

Suspect in that Georgia made a stupid decision so he left so he could play?

 

[DaaBears]

The Fromm thing is sus af

I agree and don't think much of it. The other story was a baseball player or something said something racial to him. Who knows. He's a Bear now, and we hope for the best.

 

[botfly10]

All I know is that Zach Wilson is a fucking fuck boi

 

[botfly10]

Suspect in that Georgia made a stupid decision so he left so he could play?

Sus as in why Georgia made that stupid decision

 

[Montucky]

Sus as in why Georgia made that stupid decision

Was not as obvious at the time.

 

[botfly10]

Was not as obvious at the time.

Seems unlikely they are so bad at their jobs they couldn't see the obviously superior talent

Unless something else was blinding them to it

 

[Varking]

Prospect fatigue is a real thing.

 

[Montucky]

Seems unlikely they are so bad at their jobs they couldn't see the obviously superior talent

Unless something else was blinding them to it

Oh, you think its racism. OK. Be sure to check under you bed for the klan member tonight.

 

[botfly10]

Oh, you think its racism. OK. Be sure to check under you bed for the klan member tonight.

Quite the leap there buddy

But OSU sure didn't seem to have any problem identifying his talent

 

[napo55]

Sometimes slow to process information and make the obvious throw and..

the hitch in his passing motion which slows his release.

 

[freddylamar]

banana peel

 

[Montucky]

Quite the leap there buddy

But OSU sure didn't seem to have any problem identifying his talent

It happens man. Kyler Murray left A&M, Jalen Hurts left Alabama...its a fact of college football these days. I wouldn't make a huge deal of it.

 

[The Big Grabowski]

Pat Fitzgerald confirmed this week that Fields injured his thumb in the Northwestern game.

Fitz was the first coach to offer Fields and likes him a lot even though he ended up going with a top program. Nagy has a relationship with Fitz and he also worked with Ryan Day in Philly, so the Bears had a lot of inside information on the player.

There's probably some truth to medical scaring off teams. I think that's why Fields acknowledged his epilepsy publicly going into the draft. He talked about it again in his presser on Thursday night. There's a family history there. He takes pills every night and hasn't had a seizure for years.

Fields was injured in the Clemson game, of course, and came back from a brutal hit to throw a couple touchdowns. He couldn't get out of bed after the game, didn't practice all week, and still played in the championship vs Alabama. He gutted it out that game and didn't play poorly.

If you haven't listened to the 360 Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks put together for the Move the Sticks podcast, I highly recommend it to get better perspective. They'll be updating it for broadcast on the NFL network later this week (Friday I think)

 

[Toast88]

Fields fell because Zach Wilson threw a throw in his Pro Day that Fields has done in a College Football Playoff game, and Kyle Shanahan saw something in Trey Lance he couldn't pass up.

That's it. I wouldn't overthink it.

 

[Toast88]

Why did Deshaun Watson fall to 12?

Why did the guy who might go down as the best quarterback ever go at 10 and not 1?

Why did the guy who's the current best quarterback ever go in the 6th round and not the 1st?