re: Did Trevor Lawrence progress faster than Justin Fields?

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nonsense? Do you really want a coach that wastes and squanders talent, allowing it to walk away without giving it a chance? because that is exactly what you are charging.

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Because its silly.

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Lawrence and Fields would both look like freshman versus a serious defense that could get to them.

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Agree. I noticed that Lawrence likes to force throws sometimes. Did that a bit vs. GT.

A good defense with a pulse would probably eat that up.

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In those games, if he makes a mistake we could be beaten.

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Fromm was making mistakes in those games. You keep repeating this crap as if the world is going to end if we get Fields meaningful playing time in a meaningful game, and with that logic why ever play any freshman? Why play Fromm last year? It's silly.

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So my question still stands. For those of you who don't think fields could be valuable to us right now....Did Trevor Lawrence progress faster than Justin Fields? yes or no.

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Last post on this matter. The answer is obviously yes because he was given a chance to progress by actually getting meaningful playing time.

Why is Fromm allowed to make his mistakes but Fields isn't allowed to make any mistake?

Both QBs deserve meaningful playing time. Fields' meaningful time should be in the first three quarters. Fromm deserves to start and to play the 4th quarter if the win is in doubt.

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Fromm was making mistakes in those games

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Everybody makes mistakes. The kind of mistakes a freshman makes costs you games.

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You keep repeating this crap as if the world is going to end if we get Fields meaningful playing time in a meaningful game, and with that logic why ever play any freshma

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The world won't end, but your playoff chances might.

Why ever play a freshman? Most teams don't start freshman QB's if they have another alternative. There is a reason for that. You ask any major college football coach if his preference is to start a freshman at QB, and he will say no without giving it much thought.

It's really that simple. Lawrence >>>> Bryant, Fields >> Fromm in terms of pure physical talent. Fromm + experience makes up for that physical gap, Bryant + experience doesn't. Bryant wouldn't start at most schools in the SEC, Fromm would start everywhere besides Mizzou/Bama/Miss St.

Also for people who thinks Fields is transferring, you do realize he'd sit out all of next year regardless? If he stays he'll get playing time and take over for Fromm in 2020. Before you bring him up, Eason left because he was already the starter and he'd have to compete with Fromm and Fields and probably rarely see the field again.

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It's really that simple. Lawrence >>>> Bryant, Fields >> Fromm in terms of pure physical talent.

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I said I had made my last post on this, but that statement is complete BS. I don't even know where you got that nonsense from. There is no evidence to back that up at all. Fields was #1 according to both 247 and ESPN until he broke his finger and shut it down. Fields also dominated Lawrence in the Elite 11. Fields is bigger, stronger, faster, more athletic, and with just as strong an arm. Lawrence is skin and bones. As for Bryant, he is only comparable to Fields in terms of running ability and I'm not even sure he's as good in that.

High school stats are irrelevant as Fields carried a mediocre/bad football teams in a larger classification.
Lawrence played for one of the best teams in the state in a lower classification.

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Also for people who thinks Fields is transferring, you do realize he'd sit out all of next year regardless? If he stays he'll get playing time and take over for Fromm in 2020.

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Sitting out a year is meaningless when you can be a three year starter, possibly, versus a 1 year starter. His father has already chimed in. Fields is not DJ Shockley, and Shockley was not served well by riding the pine for three years, especially as it related to his development and NFL prospects. Fromm isn't leaving after next year because he's not an NFL QB. He's in the Aaron Murray realm of the draft and a third round pick. If he's lucky maybe he's a mid second round.

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Why is Fromm allowed to make his mistakes but Fields isn't allowed to make any mistake?

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Fields got significant "real" snaps in the first 3 games of the season. Well, at least two of the three. Our #1 priority as a team is to win games, not to develop players. That's a secondary issue even if it is an important one.

Fromm has been battle tested and went head-to-head with some of the best QBs in the nation (Lock, Stidham, Mayfield, Hurts/Tua) and either beat them head-to-head or held his own as a true freshman. He's only gotten better since last season, too.

Making a few mistakes is forgivable when the game and season is on the line. You don't yank your starter for a mostly untested freshman if you aren't desperate. Alabama made the switch against us because they were desperate. We haven't gotten there yet.

Fields may be the greatest QB ever but there's no reason to take that gamble in the heart of SEC play with our season and goals on the line just to prove a point when our starting QB is one of the most efficient passers in the nation. Fields will be given playing time but Fromm is our go-to QB until he starts losing us games and that's how it should be.