re: Haselwood's comments about our staff

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Certainly Not enough snaps to make huge strides in his development.

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1. You didn't qualify your previous response. You simply said he didn't get, as I put it, "boatloads" of experience, and then added that it was because he was the backup and not the starter.

2. With this statement you are implying that the fault in the lack of huge strides in Fields' development is on the coaching staff for not giving him more playing time and not on Fields for not making the most of the snaps he got and using those to his advantage in the film room and in practice during the week.

All players should be getting better from week to week. Some get better just by watching from the sidelines and see what others do. Some get better each week in practice. Some get better in the film room and others in the weight room. Some are fortunate enough to get playing time. Fields was fortunate enough to get playing time.

If you think his lack of development (not even talking about "huge strides") was due to not getting enough playing time, there's clearly something wrong with him, as red shirt players get better without the playing time he got. They get better elsewhere.

What you are saying defines simple common sense in football. Fields got opportunities that most backup QBs would kill to get, yet it's not his fault that he didn't make any progress throughout the season.