The Justin Fields vs. Caleb Williams quarterback debate in Chicago feels like a political battle at this point
So I made political attack ads for both of them, as though they’re candidates who need your vote this spring:
Justin Fields is a southern gentleman who shares our midwestern values and knows how to handle the pressures of being a quarterback in Chicago.
Caleb Williams is a Washington D.C. elite pushing profanity and obesity on our children.
The Chicago Bears need to bring back Justin…
Caleb Williams is a meat-eating, red-blooded, All-American quarterback
Justin Fields was a vegan who runs away when the pressure is on
The Chicago Bears need a HeisMAN, not a HeisBOY
The Chicago Bears need to draft Caleb Williams
Justin Fields was under pressure on 51.4% of his dropbacks against the Giants.
On plays where he was kept clean, he went 10-of-14 for 168 yards, with a PFF grade of 90.3
Justin Fields was under pressure on 53% of his drop backs against the Green Bay Packers.
When he was kept clean, he went 16-of-22 for 133 yards and 3 dropped passes, according to PFF
Justin Fields was the Bears highest-graded offensive player this week from
@PFF
.
He had a higher grade against the Chiefs than Jordan Love did this week against the Saints
Early winner from Day 1 at the Senior Bowl is Ohio State OT Dawand Jones
Obviously the measured size is insane, but he is bodying dudes out here. Sure-fire first-round guy
“The Bears had an additional offer with stronger draft capital from a team with an established starter, but chose to send Fields to Pittsburgh with the hope of putting the 25-year-old in a position to continue his development”
Excellent reporting from Courtney, as always
With
@bepryor
, here's our FAQ on the Bears trading Justin Fields to the Steelers: The trade market, the timeline, expectation vs. reality of the offers Chicago received, what Fields' role will be in Pittsburgh and what's next for Chicago/Caleb Williams.
Justin Fields' first throw for the
#Bears
was the exact same play Andy Dalton had on the previous play: a pre-snap RPO.
Dalton didn't see how open Jimmy Graham would be and handed it off.
Fields threw it where Dalton was supposed to for an easy 9 yards
Mitch Trubisky has started 41 games in the NFL
He still needs to become "a master at reading coverages"
His coach was forced to simplify the offense
His offensive line and receivers get the blame
He's had a Top 10 defense every season
Patrick Mahomes has started 36 games in the NFL.
He’s won an MVP.
He’s quarterbacked a top 5 scoring offense in NFL history.
He’s lead the 4th greatest playoff comeback ever... in a quarter.
He’s lead the 2nd greatest comeback in Super Bowl history.
He’s won Super Bowl MVP.
It's great that the Bears players love Matt Eberflus, but if the best offensive coaches in the NFL shred up his defense in the biggest moments, then what's the real value in bringing him back next year?
This is the type of throw that we (rightfully) go crazy over when Patrick Mahomes does it, even for only a 9-yard gain
Might only be 3 or 4 guys in the league who can do this
Bears defensive coordinator Sean Desai is trying to get creative with Khalil Mack
Here he is lined up at inside linebacker (right) and twisting on a blitz with Roquan Smith.
Gets a free run to the QB but Burrow got rid of it in a hurry
In an unprecedented offseason where Tom Brady, Phillip Rivers, Cam Newton, Teddy Bridgewater, Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota and Andy Dalton were all available...
The Chicago Bears traded a 4th-round pick for Nick Foles
I predict Justin Fields and the Bears offense will play well this week against the Detroit Lions, and Matt Nagy will think everything is fixed.
Then they play the Raiders, Packers, Buccaneers and 49ers, and the firestorm will hit its peak.
Justin Fields’ receivers have the lowest average separation on their routes in the NFL
And this doesn’t include plays when he takes off and scrambles past the line of scrimmage
Excluding scrambles, how much separation a QBs receivers generate and how often QBs throw to open windows--both for the full season and the last 8 weeks
The questions about Justin Fields in the 4th quarter seem to ignore how much he did to even give the Bears a chance to win it at the end
A short thread (🧵):
Step 1: Be an NFL agent
Step 2: Leak that the Bears are interested in your player
Step 3: Get more money from the team your player actually signs with
Step 4: Profit
My only wish for the first day of the draft is that Green Bay doesn't take a WR with either of their first round picks and Packers Twitter melts down once again
Mitch Trubisky's average depth of target against the Texans was 4.4 yards past the line of scrimmage (via
@PFF
)
Only Brandon Allen (Bengals) had a lower ADOT on Sunday
197 of Trubisky's 267 passing yards came after the catch
On Allen Robinson's dropped TD pass, look at where he was in his route when Justin Fields lets go of the pass
Great job by Robinson to fight through the contact to get open, and great placement by Fields to drop the ball in right where it needed to be
The problem isn’t Andy Dalton. The problem is they used $10+ million of very limited cap space to sign a quarterback that doesn’t make them any better in 2021 — the same quarterback they could have had last year for a third of the cost
The only Chicago Bears player to play every single snap this season was
@charleslenojr72
-- 988 snaps.
He played all 1,011 snaps last year too. He has not missed a snap since he took over as starting left tackle in 2015.
#DaBears
The
@ChicagoBears
social media team deleted the press conference video that included Justin Jones calling Green Bay Packers fans "shitty" and "obnoxious"
The tweet with the press conference live stream is gone. No trace of it on any of their social media accounts
Respect Matt Nagy for going out his way. He always preached "Be You" and we're seeing him live that with these redzone failures and fourth down collapses
So many Bears fans think Charles Leno is just a terrible left tackle, and every OL metric out there backs up what the tape shows:
you can do better but you can do a hell of a lot worse
Justin Fields passer rating this season vs single-deep coverages: 100.7
Justin Fields passer rating this season vs two-deep coverages: 69.7
Make defenses bring that safety down, and Justin Fields' job gets easier.
Run the ball.
If Justin Fields starts coming up short in the 4th quarter when he has a real supporting cast around him, that's when we should start being concerned about how he finishes games.
Until then, we should be impressed that he even gets them this close, so often
Mack hasn't been making the game changing plays, but he's doing a lot of dirty work to make life easier on his teammates
Here, he bullrushed the RT right into Burrow's lap, which forced the QB to step up into the arms of Bilal Nichols
Mack gets no credit but he created the sack
When Ryan Pace said this three years ago, he was already planning to draft Mitch Trubisky as his *next* starting quarterback
It's good to keep some perspective during these offseason press conferences
Here is how Jake Tonges was used in the preseason:
Fullback: 21 snaps
Tight End: 41 snaps
Wide Receiver: 22 snaps
They must really like him as a versatile threat
Almost every NFL team is here at the Pro Day for UW-Whitewater OL Quinn Meinerz
Teams that sent more than one scout include the Packers, Steelers, Panthers and Washington.
I can’t wait to see the All-22 from this game because I think it was the best schemed game we’ve seen from Matt Nagy this season
The double moves, the pick routes, the backfield wheels... lots of stuff we’ve been waiting to see, finally unleashed
Aaron Rodgers says on
@WildeAndTausch
he sent an email to every single Packers player educating them on the proposed CBA and got "next to no responses." Called it "disheartening."
Spotted who I believe is new
#Bears
GM Ryan Poles watching offensive linemen at the Senior Bowl
Talking to who I think is Chiefs Assistant Director of College Scouting Trey Koziol
No doubt Justin Fields got a raw deal in Chicago. He wasn’t put in a good situation from the very start. But it was time to move on.
No one should have anything bad to say about him. Good person, fun player. Just tough timing with the No. 1 overall pick.
Just stumbled upon a Twitter battle between anonymous Bears trolls ScottBears85 and ScottBears86 arguing which one of them is the real ScottBears and which one is harassing the other
The
#Bears
traded a 4th-round pick to pay Nick Foles $17 million guaranteed.
The Saints signed Jameis Winston for $1.1 million
I know it's not a 1-to-1 comparison, but the optics are
#NotGreat
Jameis Winston’s one-year contract with the Saints carries a base value of $1.1M, per source. He got a $148,000 signing bonus, a base salary of $952,000 and $3.4M is available in incentives. Jameis prioritized the chance to learn and grow as a player.
Bears players who did not play a single snap in the preseason, largely due to injury:
Byron Pringle
Lucas Patrick
N'Keal Harry
Roquan Smith
Tavon Young
Thomas Graham
Mario Edwards
I would be absolutely stunned if the Bears landed a Top 10 pick for Justin Fields.
I don’t even think they’ll get a first rounder.
But when Mel Kiper says it, we should at least pay attention to it. He’s not searching for clickbait there
@clairemcnear
“I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith, as there’s a drive into deep left field by Castellanos and that’ll be a home run,”