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Originally Posted by ChaosTheory
Fields is a name guys throw around as someone Ballard should've drafted. I'm glad he didn't and I'm especially glad he didn't give up a bunch to do it. Trading for Fields now would be spectacularly annoying (of course I don't expect it).
As I've said, I'm late to the party on a lot of college guys, but now that the season is over I'm starting to look at them. So far, almost unanimously, Bryce Young is the #1 prospect. I know guys want Stroud, Levis, Richardson, whoever... and I know the knock on Bryce Young is his size...
But everyone else knows that, too. And they all still have Bryce Young #1. What I'm going back and watching is impressive, but I'm still trying to form my own opinion. But there must be a reason he's everyone's #1. The only knock I ever read on the kid is his size and there are exceptions to every rule.
And I wouldn't be shocked if the Bears went QB if they're getting an upgrade over Fields. League is too skewed towards QB.
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Groupthink is extremely prevalent in draft circles, you'll learn that very quickly. It's honestly a way they protect their own reputations. "Well EVERYONE had it rated that way, obviously no one knew about (insert major flaw here)." You'll see it a lot. Russell Wilson was too small. Brock Purdy was just riding the incredible talent of Breece Hall. Trevor Lawrence is a god king in the making. All wrong things draftniks have said as a result of groupthink. Bryce Young is everyone's #1 because he's everyone else's #1. Don't get me wrong, he's incredibly talented and deserves to be very near the top despite his size. That said, he's not my #1. CJ Stroud is, because he's got all the same tools for the QB position that Bryce Young has that put him in that conversation, but he's 6'3" instead of 5'9" (that's my guess of Young's height based on watching his bowl game). I also like Stroud's tendency to use his athleticism to make plays in the passing game more than Young's tendency to use it to make plays in the running game, which is compounded by Young's diminutive stature.