Originally posted by NCommand:
Originally posted by Hysterikal:
Originally posted by NinerGM:
Originally posted by Monsterniner:
Da Bears pressured Lance on 35% of his dropbacks without blitzing a single time in the entire game.
Think about that for a second.
The only pass rusher they have is Quinn and he's quite long in the tooth.
Any edge rusher going up against #69 on 3rd down becomes TJ Watt.
Trey struggled escaping them too. That's concerning given Fields was able to escape a couple times and throw a game changing TD...to that damn cat kid.
I saw a Twitter comment where someone mentioned Fields looked more mobile in the pocket than Lance.
I'll say for the millionth or so time that I'm an Ohio State fan but I struggle to see why we took Fields instead of Lance. I hope that I see why and Lance winds up succeeding. But same type of player except Fields likely is the better athlete, had more experience, did it at a higher level.
A lot of people fall back on "trust Shanny" and I think he's a decent/good coach and don't distrust him. But still, trust doesn't come from name or media accolades. It's built and proven over time. Kyle and Lynch did a good job, very good job, of building some key components of the roster. But they're certainly not infallible and simply saying "Trust Shanahan" doesn't mean Lance is going to be great or even good. And they definitely have lacked severely in putting together a consistently good offensive line.