Justin Fields

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He’s looked up and down in this first preseason game, but definitely shown flashes. 

Vikings were rumored to have some interest in him… it would have been very, very difficult to match or beat the Bears offer to the Giants for the pick to draft him. I get that. All that said… it would be a lot of fun to be watching him right now and getting super hyped up as a fan. 

Instead we get to watch Covid Cousins for a series or 2, and a coach that doesn’t even trust Mond to take a snap. 

I know this post is gonna annoy some as overly pessimistic and I don’t blame you. I’m just so ready for this team to have a franchise QB. Sorry for whining. Fields could still suck and Browning could still be great—or Mond— but at this moment I can’t help but look longingly at a young QB who was seemingly within arms length, and we didn’t land. Oh, and Mac Jones looked promising too. 

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I was thrilled with the pick up of Darrisaw, Watts and Mond for our first rounder instead of moving up for Fields and thought it was the right move, but right now after the Cousins and Mond drama and the Darrisaw injury, I wish we had done the trade up for Fields 

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Mond will never see the field as a starter at the beginning of a  NFL season. He makes me long for Blaine Gabbert.

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Like I said during the draft - Fields was a steal for the Bears.  Any other draft (this QB loaded) he would have been a Top 3 pick - IMO.

Only 1 preseason game but he has been getting rave reviews all camp and he delivered in his first game action.

I have been trying to follow all the Top QB drafted and even before their first games Fields was being talked about the most.

I would put in this order (again just camp so FWIW

1 - Fields by a lot

2 - Lance

3 - Wilson

4 - Mac Jones

5 - Lawrence 

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@mgobluevikes said:
Mond will never see the field as a starter at the beginning of a  NFL season. He makes me long for Blaine Gabbert.

He is a 3rd round pick for a reason but why are you so down him?  

I think he has some tools to work with and develop.

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@minny65 said:
Like I said during the draft - Fields was a steal for the Bears.  Any other draft (this QB loaded) he would have been a Top 3 pick - IMO.

Only 1 preseason game but he has been getting rave reviews all camp and he delivered in his first game action.

I have been trying to follow all the Top QB drafted and even before their first games Fields was being talked about the most.

I would put in this order (again just camp so FWIW

1 - Fields by a lot

2 - Lance

3 - Wilson

4 - Mac Jones

5 - Lawrence 

Well, we'll have to see how it turns out, but I think Fields is RGIII. He'll look great in a limited offense, but crumble as it expands. Lance is the star from this class. JMO

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@MaroonBells said:

@minny65 said:
Like I said during the draft - Fields was a steal for the Bears.  Any other draft (this QB loaded) he would have been a Top 3 pick - IMO.

Only 1 preseason game but he has been getting rave reviews all camp and he delivered in his first game action.

I have been trying to follow all the Top QB drafted and even before their first games Fields was being talked about the most.

I would put in this order (again just camp so FWIW

1 - Fields by a lot

2 - Lance

3 - Wilson

4 - Mac Jones

5 - Lawrence 

Well, we'll have to see how it turns out, but I think Fields is RGIII. He'll look great in a limited offense, but crumble as it expands. Lance is the star from this class. JMO

Yea, I know because we discussed pre, during, and post draft.   I was and still am higher on Fields then you are and you are much higher on Lance then I.  Supposedly, Lance has looked really good in camp that's why I listed that order.  The order is camp hype ranking not my ranking

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@minny65 said:

@mgobluevikes said:
Mond will never see the field as a starter at the beginning of a  NFL season. He makes me long for Blaine Gabbert. 

He is a 3rd round pick for a reason but why are you so down him?  

I think he has some tools to work with and develop.

Everyone that gets drafted in the league has some tools. QB's generally get over-drafted based on hitting on the long shot. The fact that his mechanics have always looked robotic, tell me he is probably overthinking and scared to let his instincts work for him or he lacks instincts is a real possibility. He's not a natural, and if you don't have that by now you likely aren't going to magically get it at the NFL level. 

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Justin Fields is a WAY better NFL prospect than Kellen Mond. Its just a fact. Does that guarantee anything moving forward? Of course not. It appears the Vikings were interested in Fields but it was too expensive for their tastes, happens every year in the Draft. Odds are against Mond developing into a starting QB in the NFL, but its certainly not impossible. 

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