I mean, let's be real. Fields wasn't Poles' guy. The minute Poles got here, Fields was on the clock. He needed to perform, and perform well to keep the job.
He didn't. Wins or losses, talent around him or not, he didn't get it done. Is what it is. Maybe he'll be Justin Fields Bradshaw in Pittsburgh. I doubt it, but he might. He wasn't going to get it done here. He had time to show it, and he didn't show it well enough.
Poles has done some things I haven't agreed with, like the whole Velus Jones thing. But I'm fine with how he's handled the quarterback position.