Hairyducked Idiot

oh no how could this be anyway...

I generally hate contracts with opt-outs, but this one isn't bad.

And on cue.

Hendricks' entire career has him been falling apart in the late innings when left in until the manager stops doing it, then fans getting mad that he's "pulled too early."

Atlanta beat reporters seem pretty unified that falcons aren't interested in fields

Fields will probably go somewhere unexpected, because he's not going anywhere as a starter, he's going somewhere as a backup. People are too focused on "QB needy" teams when there's plenty of better options than Fields for those teams.

Why?

You don't know fields

The bears ran rpos. Fields was awful at rpos. The ravens run more rpos.

The ravens offense relies on qbs making correct rpo reads. Fields is one of the worst I've ever seen at making rpo reads.

Adjusted net yards/attempt in 2023 Ridder - 5.58 Fields - 5.50 Fields comes out a little ahead on tds vs turnovers, but not a lot. Fields is in the same tier of QBs as the Ridders and Picketts of the NFL

This isn't down on you specfiically because 95% of sports fan do it, but it bugs me how much people don't really read the specifics of these reports. It all just gets jumbled into a generic mish-mash. The report you linked says that Adam Schefter reported that Tomlin "likes" Justin Fields. That is the entirety of the reporting that is done. Schefter then goes on to *speculate* that the Steelers might be interested in FIelds in a trade because they presumably need a QB and Tomlin likes Fields. At no point is it actually reported that the Steelers are interested in trading for Fields. The link I posted directly states that the Pittsburgh front office is not interested in trading for a potential starting QB. That could be a lie by either the reporter or the front office, but it's not speculation, it's an actual report. The two links don't contradict each other. It's perfectly possible that Tomlin likes Fields and the Steelers don't intend on trading for him. The following are all different statements but people treat them as identical: "Team X has a need at Player A's position, they could try to make a deal" "Industry sources think Team X might explore a trade for player A, it seems like a good fit" "Team X intends to upgrade at this position and Player A is on their radar" "Team X is hoping to trade for Player A" "Team X is in talks about trading for player A" Those all mean completely different things, but sports fans treat them like they all mean the exact same thing. There's a certain amount of smokescreening going on in pro sports, but part of the reason it feels like reporters don't know anything is because people don't read what the reporters actaully write.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2024/02/17/trubisky-mason-rudolph-tomlin-omar-khan-nfl-draft-free-agency/stories/202402120144 Steelers not looking to trade for a starting qb

It's not fields vs Williams. It's "fields is gone because he's awful, ok let's look for a replacement, oh cool Williams is there."

I put it there to help you spell it. No shot you get it otherwise.

That's probably true, but it's irrelevant. You aren't capable of doing better whether you want to or not.

cue. Queue means a line. Que is not an english word.

That's axiomatic. It's only "too long" if you don't make a play.

It'll be over soon. Fields won't be a bear in a couple months, and by this time next year he'll be in full Buffalo Trubisky territory

It's been almost 30 years since "sosa only hits home runs in blowouts" and sequencing flat earthers still won't give up. I'm tired boss.

This is kind of a pet peeve of mine. The headline is wrong. There was no report that Tomlin was interested in trading fields. The report was that Tomlin had liked Fields in the past, and therefore Schefter was speculating that he might be interested in trading for him. He may or may not be interested in trading for him, but that wasn't the report. Reporters are pretty specific in how they word these things.

I've seen enough today to change my mind on this, that it actually is a close call.

If extra innings became sudden death starting in the 11th

It's 100% the correct call to take the ball and it's shocking to me that so many people are arguing against it. If you're so terrified of "letting the other team have four downs" or whatever, take four downs yourself.

Mahomes with 100% of aikman's Super Bowls now. I just found out I play hockey with the woman who wrote that tweet