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I remember similar articles about Mitch around year 3 of him being dogshit. You people just never learn

I just don’t get the mindset of the person who wrote this article, or people clamoring to keep Fields in this sub. Why are y’all so convinced that he’s the answer? Why are you so convinced that someone we draft can’t be better?

Somehow the angle that continually gets overlooked is the contract. They’ll have the opportunity to reset the QB contract clock with a top guy in the draft

Writing is on the wall if you ask me…🤷‍♂️

I just don’t get the mindset of the person who wrote this article, or people clamoring to keep Fields in this sub. Why are y’all so convinced that he’s the answer? Why are you so convinced that someone we draft can’t be better?

I think its obvious he has issues reading the field, which is normally what happens to top pick QB's who get fizzled out. Justin gets a lot of credit because he throws a decent deep ball and his legs make people overlook plays where he clearly misses a wide open receiver and decides to run around the pocket and ends up settling for a 4 yard run.

Every game, you can look at the film and see it consistently. St. Brown and Kmet were standing wide open half the time last game. Or the RB put up a block and and was wide open in the middle of the field with nobody around. Fields normally chooses to run around over just looking at his 3rd and 4th options. I think that's my main problem with him.

Either way we’re fucked. We either get a shiny new QB to throw directly into the fire on a team with a history of terrible coaching, delusional expectations, and a roster with more holes than Swiss cheese OR we get a great deep ball threat that can’t be utilized because of bad QB play and a few defensive pieces on a defense in need of a complete overhaul.

Insufferable being a Bears fan. Chicago sports in general. So many lobotomized owners.

I’m not a bears fan, but a browns fan I can 100% certainly say a bad coach can make a good qb look bad and a good coach can 100% make a bad QB win games. Tough position for you guys to be in with Caleb Williams coming up. How’s your guys oline?

I feel like it’s very obvious the bears aren’t going to take a QB, yet for some reason this sub thinks it’s a given.

Good luck with that, it will probably not work. fields is not a super bowl level QB, hell, he is not even a playoff level qb. We ain't winning a superbowl with him

the answer is to fire this staff and draft Caleb / try for MHJ / try for Elite line help

Fields is serviceable enough and has shown some flashes of greatness. If you can rebuild a great Oline, provide more offensive weapons and improve the defense this team can still make the playoffs. If at that point Fields really isn’t the guy, that’s when we move on.

As a niner fan, look at purdy. The team is pros all around him. And he’s excelling. Will he excel on like the bears? Probably not. Build your lines on both end and and use a rookie QB. I would take oline and harrison if I were them. Also the bill for fields is coming due so I understand if they want to let him go but I’m definitely a believer in putting a team around the young man. Look at Carolina too they are in an even worse position

Disagree.

Fields people are fucking crazy.

We should get a new coach, new staff, and take the best QB available if we have the number one pick. Hire an experienced coach who really wants to work with the draft pick. Fresh start. Nothing to lose.

Flus will be fine. He kept the team at least "competitive" after losing 2 coaches and having to use an undrafted D2 QB for 4 games. Given that adversity, he'll at least get a DC job or a position coach somewhere, and he'll probably do well.

Fields will be just fine- he'll get paid by someone else. He's statistically our best RB as well as our QB1. Most of the offensive yards gained in his last 5 starts were a JF run or a JF pass. Even though he seems fumble prone, he's only lost 4 this year in 8 starts and lots of scrambling. Lots of teams would love a guy like that, but not here.

Maybe Getsy can get a job washing Rodgers' jock in New York.

Imagine passing on the next big QB and then we're still stuck with Fields, that would just be even more pathetic. Especially with us having two high picks in the 1st round. Take a chance and draft a QB. You really think a new QB can't do better than 7-26 after 33 starts? What the hell are we hanging on to?

It would be better if he could be a great QB. But he can't.

This franchise loves to find any excuse to give up on the position and go "fuck it, we running the ball and playing defense now."

The Bears desperately need a franchise QB. If there's any debate about Fields, then he's not the guy. Keep him for another year maybe, but you have to keep trying for that franchise QB until you find him.

A bad OC absolutely hinders a good teams performance. Look at the Bills. They replace the OC and there’s an instant noticeable change in production. They lost to the eagles but the offense was on fire like it hasn’t been all season.

The Bears have given Fields ZERO help to excel. Getsy is an absolute moron. He plays scared every week. He calls predictable plays every week. Drives where he decides to play call like he’s not a gelding, the offense has been successful more often than not. Those drives are few and far between.

Who did we have before Getsy? Bill Lazor. What is he doing now? After not having a job last year, he is now the senior offensive assistant for the Texans… The Bears were the only ones dumb enough to give him an OC job.

This ownership puts the worst leadership in place and all of you blame the talent on the field which is a simplistic point of view.

I swear this entire thread forgets that Fields is a top 5 Bears QB all time. That’s not necessarily to say he’s great, but to say acting like moving on from him is a sure fire way to improve shows you don’t know what team you cheer for.

QBs are like cars. You're not going to hand an acne-ridden 16 year old keys to an expensive car when you're a poverty franchise. You let them use the old car that you have or get a beater until they prove they're ready.

This staff hasn't proved shit. Keep Fields, upgrade the team by volume instead of gambling on one position.

I guess? I mean he's probably better than most QBs in the upcoming draft, but I don't think he's the future either.

Yes they are

Probably written by a giants or patriots fan, who draft right after us.

Drafting a QB just makes too much sense, I’m still baffled this is an argument this late in the season

Unpopular opinion lately but I'm in!

In other news, Im also ok with moving on

Listen, I'm no film expert or anything.... But Fields ain't it. He just flat out doesn't see wide open receivers. JTs week 11 breakdown alone shows a couple clear misses that would have been a long TD or big chunk play. Modern NFL QBs need to be able to hit those big shots when they're available. Fields is basically incapable if throwing with timing and anticipation, which is damning as a 3rd year QB.

His athleticism is undeniable. He can throw a beautiful ball, has good arm strength, and can throw from any platform. And obviously his rushing/playmaking abilities are elite. But that's just not enough in the NFL.

Good coaching may have helped Fields better read defenses and throw with anticipation. But instead he landed in the Bears.