DuckIII wrote:Dresden wrote:biggestbullsfan wrote:
This bothers me. They haven’t even reached training camp and they’re suggesting using him for special teams. It’s rude af. I hate this for him.
is it worse than getting traded for a 6th round draft pick?
Um, absolutely? They traded him for that so he could land in a place where he would have a chance to still be a starting QB. They did him a widely acknowledged favor. It wasn’t an insult.
A young QB on his rookie deal being asked (if he is actually asked which I doubt will happen) to return kicks, on the other hand, would sting pretty bad.
I get all the “just be happy to be in the NFL” stuff but come on. He’s not at that stage in his career yet. Indeed, I think there’s a better than 50/50 shot he still ends up a solid NFL starter. About the only guy who got crapped on worse by his franchise was Mac Jones.
Fields may end up a bum. But the notion that he should just be happy to have a uniform is kinda ridiculous at this point.
Agree with your general point, but you say the Bears both crapped on Justin, and did him a favor? I know it wasn't the best situation to be a young Bears QB (and now may actually be that best situation... them's the breaks). But I thought they supported him pretty well, to the degree that we talked for 400 posts about whether they might actually keep him and trade down, a decision that seems more obvious in hindsight. They gave him a chance every week to be the starter and face of the franchise, which apparently nobody else is willing to do. They never really benched him or jerked him around that I recall. They got the best talent they could to try to win games at the time, which, even if those players weren't on offense, I wouldn't call that crapping on him, exactly. And they just gave him an absolute golden handshake on the way out the door, as you mention. I think they did pretty well by Justin. They just stumbled onto Caleb, is all. Maybe I missed the dirt they did him.
If Carolina earned the 14th pick instead of the first, is he still here? I don't know what else we would have done. I'd rather have Justin than Mac.