Magnetic Curses

Nothing is finalized, but I can see the Commanders grabbing Kliff because of either QB. Drake ran the Air Raid at UNC as well, so it fits both. Personally, I like Drake and think he's a franchise QB. The Commanders would be well-served to take Drake and use their bounty of picks to surround him with talent. Which I think they will do while the Bears head off into the sunset with Caleb. I do trust Poles. He's not stupid. He's done a desperate thing here and there, but he's not going to overthink this. He was on the parade bus with Mahomes, he knows what that looks like.

yeah, this is great. gets me excited but also makes me nervous that we won't take him. good thing Cunningham is there to give Poles another voice of reason.

How good is Fields if he must be surrounded with a #superteam? he has trouble throwing on time from the pocket and the game hasn't slowed down for him one bit. It has nothing to do with him playing in a scheme that fits him because every scheme in the NFL will require the QB to throw on time. Most of his amazing plays are just him solving problems that he himself creates. you keep him in the pocket by sending your edge defenders straight up the field, play zone, and run some exotic blitzes that he of course won't recognize.

the Caleb vs. Fields argument is so depressing.

I mean, this could all go sideways, of course, but I really think Fields has a Josh Allen ascendancy. 3700 yards passing 35 TDs/13 INTs 1,000 yards rushing (1068 to be exact) Passer rating: 107 8.3 sack % 65% completion percentage. (Allen had a worse completion percentage than Fields in his 2nd year, a fantastic one in his third year, far above what he's done since. If Fields improves it at the rate Allen did, it would have been +70%. That's my high end prediction. I think it's very possible and if it happens, the Bears will win 12 games, easy.

Why did I know somebody would do this? I was literally thinking it as I wrote the name.

glad i never really got into Tiger-less golf.

im sure it's been asked but what do we think we're getting from Claypool this year?

I was just saying it's weird what he's doing and I don't agree with it

Ah yes. He'd know better than I, of course.

If this was Fangio's system, I'd agree. He liked to have lock down man corners so he could dial up exotic blitzes. But this is Tampa-2, it starts up front.

well, they went without pass protection last year because apparently "everything cannot be fixed.

I don't think his ascension is 100% guaranteed. I've also seen some clips from various games where he makes quick reads, finds the open man, and he looks like an excellent QB. The problem is that he's never been a high volume thrower, he's never thrown screen passes and he hasn't shown that he's good at it at all. The positive is that he's actually incredibly accurate on the longer throws, which is amazing. Personally, my opinion is that he changes the way the game is played. His ability to run and escape should keep defenses on their heels and make it very easy for him, if he can relax in the pocket.

Man, people do not like it when you question anything about Poles and Flussy.

I hate Deeks's sentiment. To me, it's sports virtue-signalling. These players we're waiting for will just be ready to produce when the 2022 2nd rounders are reaching FA. It's not that simple. I'll applaud Poles for making some skill-player acquisitions, I still like Claypool, and Moore is a stud, but I'm not ready to forgive him for what he put Fields through last season. This isn't a rebuild in a bubble, Fields is our most important player in the last 30+ years, and maybe ever. If he's not developed right, this whole rebuild is for nothing. Subjecting him to snap after snap of Mustipher at C and Patrick at G (in place of Jenkins even when he was healthy) was a war crime.