At one point during the College Football Playoff, the NFL Draft community seemed to be willing to discuss which QB was worthy of going number one overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields had just finished battling it out, and Fields came out triumphant, despite playing through a brutal injury.
Fields wasn’t fully himself for the National Championship game, and Alabama ran roughshod all over Ohio State. However, there was still some lingering buzz that Fields may have done enough to put himself over Lawrence in some QB rankings.
Fast forward a couple of months, and you now won’t find a more polarizing QB prospect in this entire draft class. Some analysts are still willing to stand on the table for Fields and believe that he’s worthy of being the second QB drafted right behind Lawrence. Others have Fields outside their top-4 and have players like Kellen Mond ranked above him.
What exactly does Fields bring to an NFL franchise that needs to rely on him? Should you be concerned about drafting him early in your Superflex drafts?
These questions are answered here in our scouting profile on Justin Fields:
