Howell has a cap hit next year if you cut him.
They're 25 and 23, let's not act like that's a huge difference.
He threw for more yards and a higher completion rate every year. He also didn't throw 21 INTs. He ran for literally a thousand yards the year prior.
Howell was a borderline prospect and a borderline NFL QB. This is just hot air. Fields and Howell had similar completion %s, Fields had a higher Y/A, almost as many TDs with less than half the INTs. You think Chicago was in a better position than Washington? Nah.
This I'd probably agree with.
Howell's ceiling is a 5th rounder who can throw a ton of picks. Fields -- while I also think sucks, has a way higher ceiling.
1) Why are we cutting him? He's a backup that costs less than a million dollars.
2) It's the difference between a guy who could theoretically still be a draft prospect and a guy who's not.
3) Fields success rate has been bottom 5 every single year he's been in the league, his passer rating this year is almost the same as last year (and was bottom half both times anyway), his QBR dropped this year. His ANY/A has gone up consistently each year but he is currently sitting at 26th. He has improved slightly from his rookie year but in his rookie year he had a legitimate shot at being the worst starting QB in the NFL.
4) You are comparing Howell's first year as a starter to Fields third season getting most of the starting reps and Fields' just barely comes out ahead in the comparison. Things get a lot more interesting if you compare Howell more to Fields first season/season and a half.
As for their respective support, Chicago's offensive line was top 5 in pass block win rate last year while Washington only graded out to 14th, DJ Moore was the fifth highest graded receiving target in the league per ESPN Receiver Tracking Metrics (Terry McLaurin, Howell's highest rated target, was 67th), Chicago's receivers were top 10 in YAC while WAS was bottom half, and WAS's receivers dropped a higher percentage of passes than Chicago's (though neither teams was particularly bad in this area).
5) Since both guys are backups right now, this is probably the most important thing about either of them.