I like the look of Justin Fields. He’s a talented guy, with a chance to develop into Chicago’s best quarterback since Sid Luckman. I just hope they don’t get him killed before it can happen.

Fields has good accuracy on long-range passes, and physically he’s like another Josh Allen or Cam Newton – a big guy who can move. But he’s also raw, and he’ll be working behind an offensive line that looks like a disaster.

They’ve got problems at both tackle spots. They’ve got Germain Ifedi on the right; he’s missed most of camp, and he’s really not very good even when healthy. And on the left side, they’re banking on 39-year-old Jason Peters.

Fields is big and fast; that should help him get away from some pass rushers. But he’s also not very good at this point at recognizing where pressure is coming from and where the ball needs to go. In the preseason game against Buffalo, he got nailed by a corner blitz, with his helmet sent flying. A veteran quarterback in that situation would have seen it coming and avoided it by getting the ball out quick.

That’s just one play, of course, but Fields had some of those issues in college, including a couple of dreadful games last year. In his two years at Ohio State, he was sacked about once every 12 pass plays.

Below, see a list of quarterbacks selected with top-15 picks since 2010. The list shows all 57 college seasons in which any of those quarterbacks attempted at least 100 passes in a season. Fields ranks last and next-to-last on that list.

Talented guy. Let’s hope they can get him polished up before he suffers a career-altering injury.

On the list below, the other rookie quarterbacks for this year are tagged with black dots.

COLLEGE QUARTERBACKS / SACKS
YearPkPlayersNoAttPctPer Att
201915• Mac Jones21411.4%71.5
20101Andrew Luck63721.6%63.0
20163Sam Darnold63661.6%62.0
20118Ryan Tannehill95311.7%60.0
20091Andrew Luck62882.0%49.0
20111Andrew Luck114042.7%37.7
20181• Trevor Lawrence113972.7%37.1
201612Deshaun Watson175792.9%35.1
201512Deshaun Watson154913.0%33.7
202015• Mac Jones134023.1%31.9
20141Jameis Winston174673.5%28.5
20185Tua Tagovailoa133553.5%28.3
201815Dwayne Haskins205333.6%27.7
20152Carson Wentz82083.7%27.0
20195Tua Tagovailoa102523.8%26.2
20191• Trevor Lawrence174074.0%24.9
20192• Trey Lance122874.0%24.9
200910Blaine Gabbert194454.1%24.4
20102Robert Griffin III204544.2%23.7
20162Mitchell Trubisky204464.3%23.3
20201• Trevor Lawrence153344.3%23.3
200912Christian Ponder153304.3%23.0
201610Patrick Mahomes275914.4%22.9
20202• Zach Wilson112364.5%22.5
20132Marcus Mariota183864.5%22.4
201510Patrick Mahomes275734.5%22.2
20142Carson Wentz163364.5%22.0
20181Kyler Murray183774.6%21.9
201010Blaine Gabbert234754.6%21.7
20151Jared Goff265294.7%21.3
20161Baker Mayfield183584.8%20.9
20122Marcus Mariota173364.8%20.8
20141Jared Goff265094.9%20.6
20108Ryan Tannehill122344.9%20.5
20133Blake Bortles213825.2%19.2
20123Blake Bortles223995.2%19.1
20196Justin Herbert244285.3%18.8
201610Josh Rosen132315.3%18.8
20108Jake Locker193325.4%18.5
201710Josh Rosen264515.5%18.3
20192• Zach Wilson193195.6%17.8
20131Jared Goff325315.7%17.6
20173Sam Darnold294805.7%17.6
20176Daniel Jones284535.8%17.2
20171Baker Mayfield264046.0%16.5
20191Joe Burrow345276.1%16.5
20112Robert Griffin III274026.3%15.9
20142Marcus Mariota314456.5%15.4
20131Jameis Winston273846.6%15.2
20098Jake Locker283956.6%15.1
20186Daniel Jones283926.7%15.0
20167Josh Allen273736.8%14.8
201012Christian Ponder232997.1%14.0
20177Josh Allen222707.5%13.3
20101Cam Newton232807.6%13.2
201911Justin Fields313548.1%12.4
202011Justin Fields212258.5%11.7

—Ian Allan