00:00 Is Dustin Fields the guy for Chicago?
00:03 - This is actually a very tough question
00:05 because Fields has played much better
00:07 since this year really, as a whole,
00:10 since the beginning of the season.
00:12 And obviously was pretty good coming back from injury.
00:15 He did not lose that game.
00:18 However, you look at the body of work,
00:20 it took him a while to get going.
00:22 The record is what it is,
00:24 but how much of that is on the organization itself?
00:28 Because that's the issue here.
00:30 They are very well primed
00:32 to have the number one pick in the draft.
00:33 I think they have about a 60% chance
00:35 to get the number one pick in the draft
00:37 when you combine their pick with Carolina's pick.
00:39 But if you like Fields,
00:40 and he certainly has a degree of talent,
00:43 you could also make the argument
00:45 you actually pass on Caleb Williams or Drake May
00:49 and you again flip that for more picks,
00:52 for more ability to build the rest of that roster.
00:56 I would have dismissed it summarily
00:58 at the beginning of the season and said,
00:59 "No, they have to draft a quarterback."
01:01 I'll at least entertain the argument now
01:03 that Fields could be the guy
01:05 and they could do something else with that draft capital.
01:08 - I think the better question is,
01:10 is Chicago the city for Justin?
01:13 Listen, this is the place that produced
01:16 Jim McMahon and Rex Grossman.
01:17 It's not like you got a bunch of Hall of Fame quarterbacks
01:19 that's just coming out of Chicago.
01:21 So I personally am cautious and concerned for him
01:26 in the sense of, is he in the right organization
01:29 that fits his abilities best?
01:32 And I would say, "Eh, I don't think so."
01:34 I do think he would be successful in a different city.
01:37 I'm not sure exactly what city that would be,
01:39 but seeing as Chicago has never been the place
01:42 where you say, "Oh, if you want to develop a quarterback,
01:44 send them to the Bears,"
01:46 it might not be the best place for him.
01:48 And because he is still in that phase of his career
01:51 where his natural thought is to run before throwing,
01:54 he needs a lot of development.
01:56 And I just don't know if Chicago is the place for that.
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