{"id":145876,"date":"2021-01-02T08:47:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T05:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ohio-states-justin-fields-just-made-nfl-draft-a-little-harder\/"},"modified":"2021-01-02T08:47:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T05:47:52","slug":"ohio-states-justin-fields-just-made-nfl-draft-a-little-harder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ohio-states-justin-fields-just-made-nfl-draft-a-little-harder\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ohio State&#8217;s Justin Fields just made NFL draft a little harder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a303391cf\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a303391cf\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ohio-states-justin-fields-just-made-nfl-draft-a-little-harder\/#More_from\" >More from:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Ohio State&#8217;s Justin Fields just made NFL draft a little harder<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"in-line-column wp-caption alignleft\">\n<div class=\"box module inline columnist desktop\">\n<div class=\"columnist-info\">\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_from\"><\/span>More from:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<picture class=\"columnist-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Of course Justin Fields should have slid, because putting yourself in harm\u2019s way the way he did on Friday night will get you plenty harmed in the NFL, more harmed than he was when Clemson LB James Skalski lowered his head and nearly broke his ribs in half on a second-quarter scramble with<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/01\/college-football-playoff-vicious-hit-cant-stop-justin-fields\/\"> a hit that earned Skalski a debatable ejection for targeting.<\/p>\n<p>There will come a time, over and over again, and over the years, when Justin Fields will be reminded that when you are the face of an NFL franchise, when you play for pay, it is critical that you by and large refrain from giving it the old college try, discretion is the better part of valor, and you better rein in your competitive juices in the vicinity of bigger and faster bloodthirsty predators with bad intentions.<\/p>\n<p>But this was the College Football Playoff national semifinals, and this was a holster-to-holster gunslinger duel against the great Trevor Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL will nod its head and fully understand, and remember Justin Fields more for how he met the moment and stared down Lawrence and led Ohio State to a 49-28 Sugar Bowl demolition of Clemson in New Orleans and a national championship date with Nick Saban\u2019s Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>All Fields did (22-for-28, 385 yards) was laugh off the pain and throw six touchdown passes. Bombs away. Accuracy and leadership and a will to win at its finest.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t mean that Justin Fields will give the Jacksonville Jaguars pause with the No. 1-overall pick. No chance, no way.<\/p>\n<p>It does mean that Justin Fields may have given Jets GM Joe Douglas pause with the second pick if he and Adam Gase\u2019s successor decide that they need a successor to Sam Darnold.<\/p>\n<p>The kid sure looked like somebody\u2019s Fields of dreams.<\/p>\n<p>That successor would either be Fields or BYU\u2019s Zach Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>And if Douglas and the next head coach decide to build around Darnold?<\/p>\n<p>Well, the cost for the No. 2-overall pick just went up for a quarterback-desperate team that will covet Justin Fields.<\/p>\n<p>This was Justin Fields\u2019 proving ground following a pair of subpar performances against Indiana (3 INTs) and Northwestern (2 INTs) that had some questioning his ability to effectively process.<\/p>\n<p>This was Justin Fields\u2019 big, bright stage to make a fool out of Clemson coach Dabo Swinney for disrespecting the Buckeyes when he voted them No. 11.<\/p>\n<p>Forgive Swinney and defensive coordinator Brent Venables if they had flashbacks to Joe Burrow shredding them (31-for-49 for 463 yards and 5 TDs, 58 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD) in LSU\u2019s 42-25 national championship win last January.<\/p>\n<p>Fields had his right side pulverized by the crown of Skalski\u2019s helmet. He was on his back on the Superdome turf, and stayed there for an agonizing minute.<\/p>\n<p>No way was Justin Fields staying down. Or out.<\/p>\n<p>He walked to the sidelines. He grimaced. He missed one play. When he returned, he im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely fired a 9-yard TD pass to WR Chris Olave. He was examined in the medical tent. He wasn\u2019t coming out. He finished the first half 16-for-18 for 223 yards and 4 TDs. No one was talking about the right thumb he sprained against Northwestern.<\/p>\n<p>There was a tipped interception in the end zone early in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>And not long after, a 55-yard TD dime to Olave that made it Ohio State 42, Clemson 21.<\/p>\n<p>And then: a rainbow to Jameson Williams for a 45-yard TD that made it Ohio State 49, Clemson 21.<\/p>\n<p>Six TD passes.<\/p>\n<p>Six incompletions.<\/p>\n<p>Second career loss for Trevor Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>Second-overall pick in play for Justin Fields.<\/p>\n<p>Fields of dreams. For someone.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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