Justin Fields traded for bag of chips, why couldn’t we get Gerber competition?

[Jackie Lee]

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

I mean on one hand Fields potential is enormous and he never really had a stable coaching staff and we have a supposed qb fixer as a head coach.  It might have been worth a 6 to get him in and see whats up.

 

But you do that and you potentially crater whatever confidence bryce has left

 

for a 6th I would have done it

Who cares about Bryces confidence? Dog eat dog. We never worried about Cams "Confidence" The best qb should play no matter how stupid the teams owner is

[fanpanther]

Fields has never averaged more than 200 passing yards a year....even with weapons and a good oline .  Everyone that thinks fields is awesome just learned how awesome every coach in the nfl considers him...with all that said he still would possibly be an upgrade to b young.

[MasterAwesome]

12 hours ago, CRA said:

I mean, Bryce looked horrible.  We should have spent a 6th on him.   He is better that whoever our 3rd QB will be.  

Steelers acquired Wilson and Fields for less than we spent on Sam Darnold.  It’s what they have won every season for a decade plus and we are the worst in all pro sports. 

they do smart things. 

They spent way more on Kenny Pickett than we did on Darnold…you seem to be conveniently leaving him out in your praise. This “smart thing” they did is the equivalent of what we did last season with Baker. Every team does smart and stupid things.
 

Also I’m curious what you thought about Tomlin at the podium at the end of last season feeding their fan base BS on Pickett being their guy, and then turning around and trading him in the offseason for peanuts. Cause I know how much you despise when coaches are dishonest and deceptive about their intentions. I hope you’re keeping that same energy for Tomlin.

[Jackie Lee]

7 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

They spent way more on Kenny Pickett than we did on Darnold…you seem to be conveniently leaving him out in your praise. This “smart thing” they did is the equivalent of what we did last season with Baker. Every team does smart and stupid things.
 

Also I’m curious what you thought about Tomlin at the podium at the end of last season feeding their fan base BS on Pickett being their guy, and then turning around and trading him in the offseason for peanuts. Cause I know how much you despise when coaches are dishonest and deceptive about their intentions. I hope you’re keeping that same energy for Tomlin.

Omar Khan does the trades, Tomlin coaches the players he has

[Ricky Spanish]

For those interested in Field's stats in clutch/must-pass situations:

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2023 Situational Stats

1st Quarter : 64/86 74.4% // 833 Yards // 2 TD // 0 INT // 112.2 Passer Rating

4th Quarter : 47/92 51.1% // 552 Yards // 3 TD // 6 INT // 53.4 Passer Rating

4th Quarter within 7 points : 20/41 48.8% // 221 Yards // 0 TD // 3 INT // 34.7 Passer Rating

Last 2 Minutes of any half : 23/50 46% // 207 Yards // 1 TD // 6 INT // 24.8 Passer Rating

He is the anti-clutch and cannot throw the ball when defenses know he has to. Remove the run threat and you don't have a QB.

Compared to Bryce in the same situations:

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https://www.nfl.com/players/bryce-young/stats/situational/

 

1st Quarter : 52/89 58.4% // 524 Yards // 1 TD // 2 INT // 69.7 Passer Rating

4th Quarter : 113/180 62.8% // 1038 Yards // 5 TD // 5 INT // 76.1 Passer Rating

4th Quarter within 7 points : 47/68 69.7% // 449 Yards // 1 TD // 1 INT // 86 Passer Rating

Last 2 Minutes of any half : 41/86 47.7% // 328 Yards // 3 TD // 1 INT // 64.5 Passer Rating

So not great but still better.

The same people wanting Fields are the same that poo on Young for "only doing decent against prevent" when fields Can't even pass against prevent.

Again, no reason to trade for Fields when he is a worse QB.

[scpanther22]

We got Captain Munnerlyn in the 7th round

[Jackie Lee]

At least Fields can get the ball past Jessie Bates 

 

[strato]

FTR I don’t want Fields. That looming contract stuff complicates the proposition.

It has zero to do with Young. Would I rather watch Fields play? Yes. His mediocrity is better than Young’s. 

[Jackie Lee]

Just now, strato said:

FTR I don’t want Fields. That looming contract stuff complicates the proposition.

It has zero to do with Young. Would I rather watch Fields play? Yes. His mediocrity is better than Young’s. 

Just knowing that he might break off a sick run or drop a 40 yard bomb on any play is much better entertainment than watching a little guy struggle to get to his check downs. 

[strato]

It’s Sunday. Preach it. I couldn’t express it that well. 

[strato]

The only exceptional quality he has is something we can’t see. 

Maybe Tepper needs to fit his helmet with sensors and put it on the big screen.

Here we are on the typical 3rd and 16, watch him figure his way out of this mess!

[Jay Roosevelt]

I think it'd be a good idea for a team to take a running QB who might not be good enough to be a starter and just make him a short-yardage runner and trick play specialist.

Imagine having a QB who could come in at the goal line and on 4th & short and be as effective as Cam Newton was in those situations. He could also be good for some trickery here and there.

I guess the closest thing we've seen to this would be Taysom Hill in New Orleans, but he's not nearly the short-yardage runner Cam was or Jalen Hurts or Josh Allen are at QB.

[Jackie Lee]

Bears didn't get fleeced, they did Fields right. Imagine our team having respect for our players when it's time to move on. Cam, Smitty, etc all left in a shitty way 

 

[Cpt slay a ho]

For whatever you think of fields, young did not show enough his rookie year to just hand over the Reigns for a second season

smart move by the Steelers, would have love the move for us too but I’m not overly upset, def something I would have liked to hear us linked to