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The Terrible Take - Episode 1201 - June 17, 2024

The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

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🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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June 17, 2024 - For Episode 1,201 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle says that it cannot be assumed that Justin Fields' issues will be fixed with a change of scenery and new coaches. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the terrible take a daily segment telling Steelers nation what's on our mind. I'm Ross McCorkle.

0:06.0

Steelers insider Ray Fittepaldo of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette joined Serious XM's press coverage show over the weekend and said the Knox against

0:14.3

Justin Fields turned out to be true during spring practices. He specifically cited

0:19.4

his accuracy as an issue. I get the Fields has high potential with his athletic profile and

0:25.0

arm strength to push the ball down the field. Very few quarterbacks have those

0:28.5

traits but even fewer can harness their full potential into being a viable NFL passer.

0:34.4

To this point, Fields has not shown he is a viable long-term option through the first three

0:38.9

seasons of his career.

0:40.6

So how much progression can we reasonably expect from fields?

0:43.5

Well, for one, it may be hard to get a read on that if Russell Wilson plays well and holds down the job all season.

0:49.5

But if you look at his first three seasons in Chicago,

0:52.8

there are at least some reasons to worry.

0:54.8

He played under two different coaching regimes

0:57.1

with head coach Matt Naggi,

0:58.6

cubie coach John De Philippo,

1:00.4

and offensive coordinator Bill Lazer as a rookie, then Matt Eberfluce, Andrew Janako and Luke

1:06.1

Getsy for his next two seasons. If the errors in his game were technique related then he had several

1:11.7

different coaches who would have had an opportunity to fix

1:14.4

some of that. Maybe none of those coaches had the right advice for him but we can't

1:18.2

just assume that a change of scenery or a new set of coaches in Pittsburgh will

1:21.7

magically fix him at this stage of his career.

1:24.4

He did technically improve as a passer year over year, with his highest completion percentage

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