is it not possible to pick up Fields fifth year option to keep them around for another year, while you draft the top QB prospect? You could then trade whichever one doesn’t work out. sounds crazy but crazier things have been done. Any thoughts?
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Opportunity cost. Whether we draft a QB only to stick them on the bench in favor of Fields or whether we pick up Fields's option only to pay him to sit on the bench, we'd be using resources that could have been put toward a player who could provide a much more direct and immediate impact to us. Sure we could trade whoever loses the QB competition, but then every team would know that whoever we're trading lost the QB competition.