(11-16-2020, 10:03 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote:

(11-13-2020, 08:02 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I live in Ohio. I've watched every game Fields has started since coming to Columbus. He's on Network TV every week where I live, because Ohio State is the biggest college football team in Ohio. The problem is that Jaguars' fans are so desperate for a franchise QB and since we basically have no shot at Lawrence, (unless he refuses to go to the Jets,) that people are trying to make Fields into something he's not. He is an elite college QB, but the NFL isn't college. The skillset you have in college and the flaws that you are getting away with, simply because of athleticism aren't going to fly on the next level. Fields reminds me a lot of RG3. People overlooked his flaws and crowned him as an NFL superstar in the making and I didn't buy it. He had terrible mechanics, his receivers were running free and he never completed his progressions, because he had no pocket awareness and was too eager to run. He was an elite college player who's flaws became exposed in the NFL and he became nothing more than a backup. Maybe Fields would have one really good year in the NFL, before teams started to figure him out. That's how RG3 started and then things went downhill quickly. In any case, I see nothing from Fields that makes me believe he can be a franchise NFL QB. 

No. I base my evaluation on what I see now.

This is interesting because when I watched Fields against Penn State, it appeared to me that he didn't go through his progressions.  Additionally, when I watch highlights, it's kind of like watching Bama where the WRs have 10 yards separation on their defenders so it's really hard to gage whether he can fit it into the tight windows that the NFL has to offer.  Someone here mentioned getting the OL dude out of Oregon (Sewell) and Pitts (TE) with our two 1st rounds picks and that seems ideal if we can solidify the D in free agency and also land a veteran QB somewhere out there.  Conversely, Zach Wilson may be a good pick at #2 ----- We're so screwed ....

No doubt, the decision on who to draft in the first round will be difficult if the Jets lose out. The first step in making this work is firing Caldwell; anyone who drafted Bortles that high cannot be trusted in evaluating quarterbacks. Whoever replaces him needs to decide how much of a gap there is between their #2 guy (likely Fields) and the others. If the gap is not that big, taking Sewell would have to be strongly considered. That would need to be decided prior to free agency, because you can't pay Robinson all that money and move him to guard. The savings on Robinson could be used to add to the team's already large salary cap and sign someone like Justin Simmons. A secondary with Henderson, Jones, Simmons and possibly Daniel Thomas could be very solid for years to come. 

Drafting a generational tackle like Sewell isn't going to get the Jaguars back to playoff contention unless the new general manager takes the right quarterback. If they fall in love with Wilson, Jones or Trask, they can still trade up using the Rams pick and possibly a 2nd rounder to get that guy. Whatever they decide to do will likely determine the fate of this team (and our sad fanbase) for the next 5 years. Let's hope they finally get one right!

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