Justin Fields has to be a stud
Ohio State vs. Clemson: Buckeye QB Justin Fields, "I can't move like I want to" https://t.co/AaQA0HnIDx
— Buckeyes Wire (@BuckeyesWire) December 24, 2019
He’s got the goods, now it’s time to use them. Up until this point, Ohio State hasn’t had to put the ball in Justin Fields hands and ask him to go out and win a game all on his own. He’s made it to New York as a Heisman finalist because he distributed the ball around to so many weapons. There’s a good chance he’ll be asked to do more in this one.
Things might bog down and it might be hard to move the chains against the Clemson defense. That’s where the threat of Fields running the ball has to matter. Sure, he has to make some throws in small windows and get things crankin’ in the air, but when push comes to shove and everything is covered up, he’ll have to make some key conversions on the ground too.
A mobile quarterback like Fields can add so much to what an offense can do against a stout defense, and despite how healthy he is, there will be a handful of plays where he may have to be the dude.
But how healthy is that knee? Something tells me he won’t care and will battle as hard as he can when needed.
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