Tyson Bagent MUST Start Next Week Against The Chargers

People had ANGRY responses to this take. DMs and replies to me on twitter were downright rude. Eddie was so frustrated that he called me a banana head, addressed me by my real name, and only said good bye to WSD at the end of the show. Not nice. Perhaps I didn't do a good job of articulating my point, so let's try again here. Tyson Bagent should be the starter against the Chargers and here is why

1) He earned it. Personally I think that was the best performance we've seen from a QB this year. The ball came out on time. Bagent kept the team ahead of the chains. He has a natural feel for the pocket. That is something you can't teach, obviously. On some level I am prone to just favor a meritocracy and the offense moved better with Bagent. 

2) Fields had a significant injury to his most significant digit on his throwing hand. There's no shame in giving an injury that can typically mean 4-6 weeks of recovery a second full week to heal. 

3) The best case scenario for this team is for Justin Fields to be the franchise guy. The absolute LAST thing you want for your QB is to rush back and struggle because of a thumb or anything else. You don't want a QB controversy. You don't want Justin Fields looking over his shoulder. It's almost like in order to set up the perfect situation for Fields to come back, you need to see Bagent turn into a pumpkin. You need the romance of the D2 kid with swagger to wear off. I truly believe that the best chance Fields has to succeed is to be 100% healthy and for the door to be shut on Bagent because of merit. That'll quiet the noise. That'll calm the QB room. That'll properly reestablish the order of things so when Fields is at Soldier Field again and struggles there won't be boos and people clamoring for the backup because they remembered that he's just a back up. 

And if Bagent only gets better next week, well, then maybe that is a good problem to have. 

If that makes me a bananahead then so be it.