justin fields: “Thinking less and playing more.”

[BobPSU92]

See the link below. From the article:

“LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields characterized his play in a 27-17 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as "robotic" and did not feel that he was "playing like myself."

A reason for what Fields believes is causing him to overthink in games, according to the 24-year-old quarterback, is what he has been coached to do.

"You know, could be coaching I think," Fields said. "At the end of the day, they are doing their job when they are giving me what to look at, but at the end of the day, I can't be thinking about that when the game comes. I prepare myself throughout the week and then when the game comes, it's time to play free at that point. Thinking less and playing more."

Fields was 16-of-29 for 211 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions and ran four times for 3 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown. The road loss extended Chicago's losing streak to 12 games dating to Oct. 2022.

He said his approach against Kansas City in Week 3 will be rooted in "thinking less and playing more."

"My goal this week is just to say F it and go out there and play football how I know to play football," Fields said. "That includes thinking less and just going out there and playing off of instincts rather than so much say info in my head, data in my head. Just literally going out there and playing football. Going back to it's a game and that's it.

"That's when I play my best, when I'm just out there playing free and being myself, so I'm going to say kind of bump all the what I should, this and that, pocket stuff. I'm going to go out there and be me."”

Bears' Fields points to coaching for 'robotic' play

Bears quarterback Justin Fields said Wednesday that he believes the coaching he is receiving is causing him to overthink in games, causing him to play "robotic."

www.espn.com

Thinking is never good.

 

[Woodpecker]

Thinking is never good.

I wouldn't know

 

[Lion84]

I was hoping they traded him and picked one of the other QB's coming out this year - I never thought he was that good - he won with overwhelming talent at OSU. If Da Bears could get their heads out of their asses they would have been able to contend in the Central with no Rodgers around now but no they will remain mediocre.

 

[psuro]

This is what happens when you don't have to play school.

 

[PSUJam]

 

[BobPSU92]

I wouldn't know

I’ve tried thinking before. Never works.

 

[ODShowtime]

"justin fields: “Thinking less and playing more.”

Sounds tailor-made for an osu recruiting catchphrase. Day is probably printing t-shirts right now.

 

[LB99]

See the link below. From the article:

“LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields characterized his play in a 27-17 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as "robotic" and did not feel that he was "playing like myself."

A reason for what Fields believes is causing him to overthink in games, according to the 24-year-old quarterback, is what he has been coached to do.

"You know, could be coaching I think," Fields said. "At the end of the day, they are doing their job when they are giving me what to look at, but at the end of the day, I can't be thinking about that when the game comes. I prepare myself throughout the week and then when the game comes, it's time to play free at that point. Thinking less and playing more."

Fields was 16-of-29 for 211 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions and ran four times for 3 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown. The road loss extended Chicago's losing streak to 12 games dating to Oct. 2022.

He said his approach against Kansas City in Week 3 will be rooted in "thinking less and playing more."

"My goal this week is just to say F it and go out there and play football how I know to play football," Fields said. "That includes thinking less and just going out there and playing off of instincts rather than so much say info in my head, data in my head. Just literally going out there and playing football. Going back to it's a game and that's it.

"That's when I play my best, when I'm just out there playing free and being myself, so I'm going to say kind of bump all the what I should, this and that, pocket stuff. I'm going to go out there and be me."”

Bears' Fields points to coaching for 'robotic' play

Bears quarterback Justin Fields said Wednesday that he believes the coaching he is receiving is causing him to overthink in games, causing him to play "robotic."

www.espn.com

Thinking is never good.

He’s not wrong.

 

[Catch1lion]

Thinking less is kind of what the Bears front office did when they took Mitch instead of Patrick.
Unlike Fields it seems like Mahomes is quite the thinker..........
Mahomes had earned a 3.71 grade point average at Texas Tech, but when Steinberg and Cabott first met him, they learned of his photographic memory—the same eidetic recall he’d used in travel baseball and high school football. “Does that mean you can remember every play you’ve ever played?” Steinberg asked. “Yes,” Mahomes said. “Somehow.” If NFL teams were concerned that Mahomes was a system quarterback—specifically one from a simplified scheme that almost exclusively used the shotgun formation—Steinberg believed they just needed to see how his mind worked. When Mahomes met with the Arizona Cardinals before the draft, Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians put his memory to a test. On a board, he drew up six plays and two or three pass‑protection schemes; then he showed Mahomes video of some blitz packages and offered audible calls that would allow him to switch the protection, depending on the look. Just two hours later, Mahomes was out on the field, and Arians blurted out a protection‑and‑blitz package. “Rightie! Rightie!” Mahomes said, fixing the protection. “Holy cow,” Arians thought. Then he did it again. Mahomes had already mastered something that might take another quarterback a year.

 

[leinbacker]

didn't "thinking less and playing more" get Mel Tucker in trouble?

 

[LionJim]

Thinking less is kind of what the Bears front office did when they took Mitch instead of Patrick.
Unlike Fields it seems like Mahomes is quite the thinker..........
Mahomes had earned a 3.71 grade point average at Texas Tech, but when Steinberg and Cabott first met him, they learned of his photographic memory—the same eidetic recall he’d used in travel baseball and high school football. “Does that mean you can remember every play you’ve ever played?” Steinberg asked. “Yes,” Mahomes said. “Somehow.” If NFL teams were concerned that Mahomes was a system quarterback—specifically one from a simplified scheme that almost exclusively used the shotgun formation—Steinberg believed they just needed to see how his mind worked. When Mahomes met with the Arizona Cardinals before the draft, Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians put his memory to a test. On a board, he drew up six plays and two or three pass‑protection schemes; then he showed Mahomes video of some blitz packages and offered audible calls that would allow him to switch the protection, depending on the look. Just two hours later, Mahomes was out on the field, and Arians blurted out a protection‑and‑blitz package. “Rightie! Rightie!” Mahomes said, fixing the protection. “Holy cow,” Arians thought. Then he did it again. Mahomes had already mastered something that might take another quarterback a year.

Dang. Mad respect to PM.

 

[LB99]

You guys are right, however, when an athlete overanalyzes situations, it can slow their reaction time or prevent their instincts and what they practiced from becoming second nature. They become flat footed, slow, and get inside their own head. We’ve seen it in the past with baseball players when they get the yips and are unable to make simple throws that they have made easily their whole life. I think it was Chuck Knoblach with the Yankees, near the end of his career, that couldn’t make the throw from second base to first because he was in his own head. There was a catcher some years ago that also struggled throwing the ball back to the pitcher after having done it repeatedly for years without any problems. It’s a mind over matter thing. Patrick Mahomes and Justin Fields have very different skill sets. Fields is more of a runner. If the Bears are trying to turn him into a pocket passer, they are making a big mistake. He is what he is. Let him use his athletic ability and instincts. It’s what made them want to draft him in the first place.

 

[Connorpozlee]

Being not that good and staying publicly that are going to intentionally ignore some of your coaching is a damn good way to find a seat on the bench.

 

[PSUJam]

See the link below. From the article:

“LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields characterized his play in a 27-17 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as "robotic" and did not feel that he was "playing like myself."

A reason for what Fields believes is causing him to overthink in games, according to the 24-year-old quarterback, is what he has been coached to do.

"You know, could be coaching I think," Fields said. "At the end of the day, they are doing their job when they are giving me what to look at, but at the end of the day, I can't be thinking about that when the game comes. I prepare myself throughout the week and then when the game comes, it's time to play free at that point. Thinking less and playing more."

Fields was 16-of-29 for 211 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions and ran four times for 3 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown. The road loss extended Chicago's losing streak to 12 games dating to Oct. 2022.

He said his approach against Kansas City in Week 3 will be rooted in "thinking less and playing more."

"My goal this week is just to say F it and go out there and play football how I know to play football," Fields said. "That includes thinking less and just going out there and playing off of instincts rather than so much say info in my head, data in my head. Just literally going out there and playing football. Going back to it's a game and that's it.

"That's when I play my best, when I'm just out there playing free and being myself, so I'm going to say kind of bump all the what I should, this and that, pocket stuff. I'm going to go out there and be me."”

Bears' Fields points to coaching for 'robotic' play

Bears quarterback Justin Fields said Wednesday that he believes the coaching he is receiving is causing him to overthink in games, causing him to play "robotic."

www.espn.com

Thinking is never good.

The kid's so bad he even got his defensive coordinator fired this morning.

 

[LB99]

Being not that good and staying publicly that are going to intentionally ignore some of your coaching is a damn good way to find a seat on the bench.

Are they trying to force him to stay in the pocket and make throws? I’m not sure? I haven’t really been paying that close attention to the situation. If so, the coach shares some of the accountability here also. He’s not a pocket passer.

 

[LB99]

I still say Fields and Christian Wilkins are the two biggest recruiting misses of the Franklin era.

 

[GrimReaper]

You guys are right, however, when an athlete overanalyzes situations, it can slow their reaction time or prevent their instincts and what they practiced from becoming second nature. They become flat footed, slow, and get inside their own head. We’ve seen it in the past with baseball players when they get the yips and are unable to make simple throws that they have made easily their whole life. I think it was Chuck Knoblach with the Yankees, near the end of his career, that couldn’t make the throw from second base to first because he was in his own head. There was a catcher some years ago that also struggled throwing the ball back to the pitcher after having done it repeatedly for years without any problems. It’s a mind over matter thing. Patrick Mahomes and Justin Fields have very different skill sets. Fields is more of a runner. If the Bears are trying to turn him into a pocket passer, they are making a big mistake. He is what he is. Let him use his athletic ability and instincts. It’s what made them want to draft him in the first place.

It's not thinking too much, it's thinking fast versus thinking slow. And it's not "mind over matter," it's mind not functioning correctly.

 

[Colt2169]

See the link below. From the article:

“LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields characterized his play in a 27-17 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as "robotic" and did not feel that he was "playing like myself."

A reason for what Fields believes is causing him to overthink in games, according to the 24-year-old quarterback, is what he has been coached to do.

"You know, could be coaching I think," Fields said. "At the end of the day, they are doing their job when they are giving me what to look at, but at the end of the day, I can't be thinking about that when the game comes. I prepare myself throughout the week and then when the game comes, it's time to play free at that point. Thinking less and playing more."

Fields was 16-of-29 for 211 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions and ran four times for 3 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown. The road loss extended Chicago's losing streak to 12 games dating to Oct. 2022.

He said his approach against Kansas City in Week 3 will be rooted in "thinking less and playing more."

"My goal this week is just to say F it and go out there and play football how I know to play football," Fields said. "That includes thinking less and just going out there and playing off of instincts rather than so much say info in my head, data in my head. Just literally going out there and playing football. Going back to it's a game and that's it.

"That's when I play my best, when I'm just out there playing free and being myself, so I'm going to say kind of bump all the what I should, this and that, pocket stuff. I'm going to go out there and be me."”

Bears' Fields points to coaching for 'robotic' play

Bears quarterback Justin Fields said Wednesday that he believes the coaching he is receiving is causing him to overthink in games, causing him to play "robotic."

www.espn.com

Thinking is never good.

J Fields is just not good.

He was smart to go to o$u as it got him a good draft position and some coin - but he’s just not good (did i repeat myself - guess I did )

 

[Connorpozlee]

Are they trying to force him to stay in the pocket and make throws? I’m not sure? I haven’t really been paying that close attention to the situation. If so, the coach shares some of the accountability here also. He’s not a pocket passer.

No idea, but publicly complaining about your coaching is not a great way to endear yourself to them. You can probably do that if you’re Mahomes, but alas, this is Justin Fields.

 

[Connorpozlee]

You guys are right, however, when an athlete overanalyzes situations, it can slow their reaction time or prevent their instincts and what they practiced from becoming second nature. They become flat footed, slow, and get inside their own head. We’ve seen it in the past with baseball players when they get the yips and are unable to make simple throws that they have made easily their whole life. I think it was Chuck Knoblach with the Yankees, near the end of his career, that couldn’t make the throw from second base to first because he was in his own head. There was a catcher some years ago that also struggled throwing the ball back to the pitcher after having done it repeatedly for years without any problems. It’s a mind over matter thing. Patrick Mahomes and Justin Fields have very different skill sets. Fields is more of a runner. If the Bears are trying to turn him into a pocket passer, they are making a big mistake. He is what he is. Let him use his athletic ability and instincts. It’s what made them want to draft him in the first place.

I believe the Yankees second baseman you’re thinking of was Steve Sax. And the catcher was the Mets’ Macky Sasser.

 

[LionJim]

I still say Fields and Christian Wilkins are the two biggest recruiting misses of the Franklin era.

Sure. Still stings, Fields.

 

[LB99]

I believe the Yankees second baseman you’re thinking of was Steve Sax. And the catcher was the Mets’ Macky Sasser.

I’m pretty certain Knoblach had the same thing when he went to the Yankees after the Twins. I remember him being compared to Sax for that reason. I’m pretty sure the catcher I am thinking of was Jared Saltalamacchia also.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

“Thinking less….”

Da’ Dumb Dumb Bears letting Robbie Gould go after his 2005-2015 solid gold years.

Regarding Fields…..he’s a good athlete but not even an average NFL QB.

 

[LB99]

It's not thinking too much, it's thinking fast versus thinking slow. And it's not "mind over matter," it's mind not functioning correctly.

Thanks for correcting me. You are so good at that. We are so lucky to have you here constantly correcting everyone. You are clearly the only opinion that matters (in your own head). We should all just STFU so you can grace us with your opinions.

 

[Midnighter]

He’s 5-22 as a starter. Stop drafting QBs from OSU.

 

[LB99]

He’s 5-22 as a starter. Stop drafting QBs from OSU.

This is a great point. I was just listening to the XM NFL radio channel. I think it was Bill Polian talking. He said that going back when they drafted him, he (Polian) knew that Fields was not ready for the NFL. He said it wasn’t a knock on OSU, as they run a great college program, but that the college and NFL game are vastly different and Fields was not prepared to play in the NFL and that he was rushed onto the field unprepared.

 

[GrimReaper]

Thanks for correcting me. You are so good at that. We are so lucky to have you here constantly correcting everyone. You are clearly the only opinion that matters (in your own head). We should all just STFU so you can grace us with your opinions.

You're welcome and I suggest you take your own advice.

 

[LB99]

You're welcome and I suggest you take your own advice.

There’s a right way and a wrong way to talk to people. You haven’t figured it out yet. Or your just a prick all the time.

 

[OhioLion]

Dang! If this was happening between @GrimReaper and @LB99 , my dad would thump you both on the back of the head and put you on opposite corners in the room.

Relax, gentlemen.

OL

 

[PSU Mike]

You guys are right, however, when an athlete overanalyzes situations, it can slow their reaction time or prevent their instincts and what they practiced from becoming second nature. They become flat footed, slow, and get inside their own head. We’ve seen it in the past with baseball players when they get the yips and are unable to make simple throws that they have made easily their whole life. I think it was Chuck Knoblach with the Yankees, near the end of his career, that couldn’t make the throw from second base to first because he was in his own head. There was a catcher some years ago that also struggled throwing the ball back to the pitcher after having done it repeatedly for years without any problems. It’s a mind over matter thing. Patrick Mahomes and Justin Fields have very different skill sets. Fields is more of a runner. If the Bears are trying to turn him into a pocket passer, they are making a big mistake. He is what he is. Let him use his athletic ability and instincts. It’s what made them want to draft him in the first place.

Wally Richardson.

 

[LB99]

Wally Richardson.

?

 

[PSU Mike]

?

Wally thought too hard and basically took forever to make a decision on the field.

 

[LB99]

Wally thought too hard and basically took forever to make a decision on the field.

Gotcha.

 

[manatree]

"justin fields: “Thinking less and playing more.”

Sounds tailor-made for an osu recruiting catchphrase. Day is probably printing t-shirts right now.

“Thinking less and posting more” sounds tailor-made for the BWI forums.

 

[GrimReaper]

There’s a right way and a wrong way to talk to people. You haven’t figured it out yet. Or your just a prick all the time.

And once again, you are correct about addressing people and how I address you is commensurate with your station.

 

[ODShowtime]

“Thinking less and posting more” sounds tailor-made for the BWI forums.

Especially during iowa week!

 

[PSUJam]

This is a great point. I was just listening to the XM NFL radio channel. I think it was Bill Polian talking. He said that going back when they drafted him, he (Polian) knew that Fields was not ready for the NFL. He said it wasn’t a knock on OSU, as they run a great college program, but that the college and NFL game are vastly different and Fields was not prepared to play in the NFL and that he was rushed onto the field unprepared.

Trade Matt Canada and his college offense to da Bears for another 2nd round pick!

 

[LionJim]

Interesting take.

Justin Fields' coaching bandwidth issues sound like another recent QB who never recovered his promise

Time will tell if Fields ends up winning with the Bears, but the concerns he spoke about on Wednesday were not encouraging.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[s1uggo72]

Good news for Bears fans, Carson Wentz is available.

 

[olelion]

He has a seriously flawed throwing motion. Sort of a mini wind up but just enough that the windows are closed and it's off to the races