(01-12-2021, 08:20 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I was watching some of the interviews after the game. Fields did not sound like a man who is done with college football. Maybe I'm wrong, but by the way he was talking, he gave me the impression he fully intends to go back to Ohio State next season. That would be a smart move on his part. He has a lot of things to clean up. Who knows? With some extra work maybe he can make a jump like Burrow did in his final season at LSU. Fields just needs to put in the work and improve his decision making.

I agree he has things he can work on.  Although if his offensive line is going to continue to give him all day to throw, I'm not sure how much he'd be able to work on his weaknesses.  It's almost like he'd have to create pressure for himself and then learn how to make plays under pressure.  And maybe avoid throwing to wide open WRs and instead try to throw to guys who are in blanket coverage.  Unless he was going back because he really wanted to finish a particular degree or some academic project he was working on, I don't think it'd be worth the risk.  I don't want to say guaranteed top 5 but I'd feel comfortable saying he is a guaranteed top 10 draft pick.  That is a lot of money to put at risk for no real obvious benefit.  All of those things he needs to work on, he can probably do so in the NFL just the same.

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(01-11-2021, 10:59 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(01-11-2021, 10:59 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Fields looking as bad as Lawrence in his last game.

Lawerence didn't look anywhere near this bad. He had 400 yards and 3 TDs

Yea I thought Lawrence looked a lot better as well.  He was under pressure for most of that game.  Admittedly I only watched the first half of last night but I thought Fields had lots of time to throw once again but was just off on a lot of passes.  Assuming they are equal players, I thought Fields had more opportunity in that game last night than Lawrence did in his.  Didn't connect deep.  Overthrew that corner pass in the endzone which should have been a TD.  Had a bad pass into the endzone that should have been picked.

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