Saying, Justin Fields is a distraction is not an attack on his character, but more so an indictment on the people that believe in something other than what we’ve seen from him thus far on the field.
Bomani ALWAYS jokes about teams can’t have backups that fans perceive are better than the starter. Last season he always brought up how fans thought Joe Flacco was better than Deshaun Watson and should take over. This a key reason why Joe Flacco didn’t get signed back to the Browns and Jameis did. The Cowboys went through the same thing with Dak & Cooper Rush the season before. Also, like it was stated before, this is most why Cam didn’t get many opportunities; transparently he’s too big of a name to be a backup.
Example, let’s say the Dolphins trade for Fields. Tua had one of the best season statistically for QB last year, and the Dolphins offense was one the top in the league. There are some NTers who think Fields RIGHT NOW is better than Tua and think it should be an open competition in training camp. Could you imagine if Tua had 2-3 rough games?
I’ve said before, Fields would have to backup a QB that is solidified like Mahomes, Allen or Jackson. The caveat to that is, those teams aren’t giving up high draft capital for a backup.