Because Darnold played his college career in a normal year against normal defenses to use as a frame of reference. No way am I taking a 1-year wonder that occurred during a season when most teams’ personnel differed significantly from week to week. Everything about this season was tainted and suspect. Wilson may end up being fine, but when evaluating on collegiate performance Darnold at least can be viewed relative to a normal standard, under which he was viewed towards the top in a strong class.
And Fields will suck ass in the NFL because he is a tOSU QB, like every single other tOSU system QB before him who has sucked ass. You can say that the past does not dictate the future, but I’m going with the 100 years of solid precedent until it changes. They keep getting drafted, and they keep sucking ass. The only interesting aspect of Fields’ career will be where he falls on the over/under set by Haskins as to how long before he is out of the league.