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Maybe Justin Fields will make those suffering Chicago Bears fans forget all about Patrick Mahomes.
Perhaps the new hotshot quarterback from Ohio State one of the absolute stunners from the first round of the NFL draft Thursday will turn out to be the savior who allows coach Matt Nagy and GM Ryan Pace to keep their jobs for a few more years.
Then again, maybe not.
Yet somebody had to roll the dice on the amazingly talented Fields, who has the skill set like 4.3 speed in the 40-yard dash and deft accuracy that might make him the steal of the draft. Of course, three other teams that picked quarterbacks passed on Fields, who was subjected to so much doubt about his NFL readiness as draft day loomed.
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Outwardly, this draft will project a return to normalcy, the NFL set up with its massive stage contiguous to Cleveland s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Browns FirstEnergy Stadium on the shores of Lake Erie. However the pre-draft process was hardly standard, what with COVID-19 forcing the league to cancel this year s scouting combine on the heels of a season when scouts and team executives had far more limited access to college programs and the prospects whom they evaluate. Should make for an interesting calculus as teams weigh their information over the next three days and decide which players potentially fit their program.