So again, Spark. I ask the question “which quarterbacks specifically are overcoming far less than optimal situations?”
I'm not playing that dumb game with you again.
Justin Fields hasn't been good enough to justify paying. It's possible he plays well enough to justify paying him next year, but that is a huge risk given the ability to take a QB high in the draft this year.
You are considerably more impressed than I am with the "turnaround", in which 3 of the last 6 games he has played the offense has been really bad. I don't think I could justify paying him or passing on a top draft prospect due to that 'turnaround'. This without mentioning that you were raving about his turnaround last year too.
There's nothing much more to say about it. You want to keep Fields and potentially pass on the top QBs (doing both just isn't a realistic option). I think the most likely result of that by far is that we end up in a bad situation a year from now, when Fields is in a make-or-break year with our roster's cap flexibility on the line with a new coach and a new OC.
Can you at least commit to not continuing to make the infinite, never-ending excuses for him if they do keep him? It'll be absolutely insufferable if you're still blaming everyone else a year from now. Surely you see that would be silly.