Reaction: Justin Fields better than Jake Fromm, experts argue
Five games into his career as Ohio State's starting quarterback, Justin Fields is garnering lofty praise nationally as one of college football's top signal callers.
After turning in another total offense juggernaut performance during Saturday's 48-7 victory at Nebraska, many questioned how third-ranked Georgia, an unbeaten with projected 2020 first-round pick Jake Fromm under center, would look this fall with Fields as QB1.
Part of the reason Fields fled Athens in January was to ensure he was no longer playing in Fromm's shadow, taking advantage of opportunity elsewhere following Ohio State's major exit at the position.
Fields is a former five-star rated the No. 1 dual-threat and No. 2 quarterback overall behind Trevor Lawrence in the 2018 class, per the 247Sports Composite. He arrived in Columbus after ditching Georgia as the highest-rated quarterback the Buckeyes had ever signed and is responsible for 19 touchdowns in five games.
Fromm has six touchdowns in four starts for the Bulldogs, who don't rely on their All-SEC player offensively like the Buckeyes do with Fields. Fromm makes plays when called, including the eventual game-winning touchdown pass vs. Notre Dame last week, but rarely wows viewers and analysts like Fields has done this season.
Here's some of the reaction and a few takes from analyst who believe Fields has surpassed Fromm on the road to stardom:
All tweets are subjective and this one's certainly Wolken's opinion, but Fields and Fromm are two totally different types of players, each with a unique skill set. Georgia would've had to reconfigure its offense entirely this season to accommodate Fields, a dual-threat not cut from the same pro-style heavy as Fromm. That's now to say Fields hasn't shown noticeable ability from the pocket, but he's able to do more with his legs while Georgia's staff expected Fromm to be in the pocket more often than not.
Georgia's system, now under James Coley, has worked beautifully during Kirby Smart's infancy between the hedges. The Bulldogs won the SEC and were one play away from winning a national championship behind a ground-and-pound mentality with a stable of backs and Mr. Reliable under center, Jake Fromm. Ohio State has done a great job in the early incorporating substantial use of JK Dobbins and Master Teague in the run game, but this is still Fields-oriented, unlike Fromm, unless Georgia needs him on third down or to take over in a key situation.
Was it? The last thing on Kirby Smart's mind right now is Fields' ascension with the Buckeyes — he's got bigger fish to fry like patterning his program after Nick Saban and Alabama and getting a reliable QB2 up to speed post-Fromm. Would the Bulldogs like to have Fields as Fromm's QB2? Of course, who wouldn't, which is the point Kirshner tries to mae in this instance.
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