Former NFL cornerback and present ESPN analyst Domonique Foxworth defined throughout Thursday’s version of the “Get Up” program why the marketplace for Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields reportedly isn’t “fairly as strong” as initially thought.
“One of many issues that it’s worthwhile to handle is his need to carry onto the ball for a very long time,” Foxworth stated about Fields. “You’ll have thought that being behind a not-good offensive line for an prolonged time frame, he would have developed and glued that specific behavior. However that is the one which’s laborious to recover from. And I feel that it is form of a microcosm for what you are getting if you get him. He is a boom-or-bust participant.”
In keeping with StatMuse, solely Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens (2,352) has rushed for extra regular-season yards than Fields (2,220) for the reason that begin of the 2021 marketing campaign.
Nonetheless, ESPN stats present that Fields ended this previous common season ranked twenty third within the NFL amongst certified gamers with a 46.1 adjusted QBR. Throughout 13 video games, he tossed 16 landing passes and 9 interceptions.
It is hardly a secret the Bears will probably make USC Trojans quarterback Caleb Williams the primary choose of the 2024 NFL Draft this spring.
That actuality coupled with the truth that Fields’ employer should train or decline his choice price round $25.7M for the 2025 season by the Might 2 deadline could possibly be stopping groups such because the Atlanta Falcons,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
Las Vegas Raiders and Minnesota Vikings from pulling the set off on a commerce with Chicago forward of free company.
The authorized tampering interval of the free-agency course of begins this coming Monday.
“If you wish to get form of a prospect that has a excessive upside but additionally form of has a low flooring, you need to get him on a rookie deal within the draft,” Foxworth added about Fields. “You do not need to get him a few years away from a big-time extension. So, I might be trepidatious on Justin Fields, too, till (quarterbacks reaching free company) have discovered their touchdown spots.”
There proceed to be whispers hinting that the Cleveland Browns may finally take a flier on Fields to have him function a backup behind starter Deshaun Watson.
Foxworth recommended Cleveland might be able to get Fields from Chicago for as little as a third-round draft choose.
