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It's living in the statistical reality that Fields has probably something close to double the chances of any other QB in the league at fumbling. So it's not crazy to play it safe or 3rd and 10 and take the points.
And where have I ever said that every fumble is on Fields? This has never been my point. Aside: Also, one of the fumbles I talked about was on Pickens. And a lot of that is on coaching because he does that stick the ball out one handed thing way too often.
But you keep throwing that out that not all of the fumbles are on Fields to try to run cover for him. The problem is that not every fumble by every other QB is also 100% on the QB.
This is a bit like Pickett. Yes it was true that he was in a bad offense. But when you have the worst TD% since the single-wing offense was popular, you aren't good. Just like when Fields at a rate that far exceeds other QB's in recent history, it's not just bad luck!
I'd guess that he fumbles at a rate that's between 50% and 100% more than average QBs that get to start for 3-4 consecutive years. Over a large number of games. It's not just bad luck.
Again, my guess is that Fields has the worst fumbles/game of any QB in a long time. Let's randomly say since UFA started (1993), that's ~ 30 years.
I didn't check every QB in the last 30 years, but I did look at the QBs with the most fumbles in history (top 10). And I couldn't find anyone even close. Most were around 0.5 / game. Maybe there was a 0.7 - 0.75 fumbles / game in there? My guess is that anyone else that fumbles this much doesn't get this many starts. Because turnovers are only second to score in importance.
But Fields has amazing athleticism, so the Bears were always hoping that he'd be able to fix the fumbles.
I want him to work out too. But like Kenny, I want to see it before i believe it.
And where have I ever said that every fumble is on Fields? This has never been my point. Aside: Also, one of the fumbles I talked about was on Pickens. And a lot of that is on coaching because he does that stick the ball out one handed thing way too often.
But you keep throwing that out that not all of the fumbles are on Fields to try to run cover for him. The problem is that not every fumble by every other QB is also 100% on the QB.
This is a bit like Pickett. Yes it was true that he was in a bad offense. But when you have the worst TD% since the single-wing offense was popular, you aren't good. Just like when Fields at a rate that far exceeds other QB's in recent history, it's not just bad luck!
I'd guess that he fumbles at a rate that's between 50% and 100% more than average QBs that get to start for 3-4 consecutive years. Over a large number of games. It's not just bad luck.
Again, my guess is that Fields has the worst fumbles/game of any QB in a long time. Let's randomly say since UFA started (1993), that's ~ 30 years.
I didn't check every QB in the last 30 years, but I did look at the QBs with the most fumbles in history (top 10). And I couldn't find anyone even close. Most were around 0.5 / game. Maybe there was a 0.7 - 0.75 fumbles / game in there? My guess is that anyone else that fumbles this much doesn't get this many starts. Because turnovers are only second to score in importance.
But Fields has amazing athleticism, so the Bears were always hoping that he'd be able to fix the fumbles.
I want him to work out too. But like Kenny, I want to see it before i believe it.
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