Has Justin Fields proven himself a true franchise QB? | NBC Sports Chicago

>> FORMER NFL TIGHT END CLAY HARBOR IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG WIN. THEY GO OUT AND CHANGE THE ENTIRE WAY THEY PLAY. DESIGN QUARTERBACK RUNS. WE HAVEN’T SEEN THEM HAVE THAT MANY AND 18 GAMES AND HUMANS FOR OVER 80 YARDS. WHAT WAS WERE TAKE AWAY? >> I LOVED IT. IF YOU HAVE A FERRARI YOU ARE GOING TO DRIVE IT FAST. GO OUT THERE AND USE JUSTIN FIELD. RUN THE BALL WITH THIS GUY. HE RUNS THIS AT 225 POUNDS. RUN THE BALL WITH THAT GUY THAT IS THE BEST. THE REASON YOU DRAFTED HIM WAS

BECAUSE HE HAS DYNAMIC. HE CAN RUN, HE CAN THROW ANY CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. MAKE THE DEFENSE GAME PLANNING IN JUSTIN FIELDS RUNNING AND THROWING AND SCRAMBLING ABILITY. IT WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE OFFENSE. THE HAVE A LONG WEEK. THEY REALLY CAME UT WITH A GREAT GAME PLAN. >> YOU WATCH THIS. IT IS WHAT IT IS. A VERY, VERY GOOD TEAM. THEN, YOU LOOK AT THE ABILITY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. IS THAT SUSTAINABLE TO RUN FOR 200+ YARDS? I AM NOT SURE THAT IT IS. >> WHEN YOUR QUARTERBACK IS STARTING TO

RUN IT OPENS SO MANY THINGS UP RUNNING THE BALL. EVEN LaMARR JACKSON HE WAS THE BEST RECEIVER HE HAS EVER HAD IN THOSE OFFENSE. HAS A

SKILL SAID YOU CAN COMPARABLY COMPARED TO LaMARR JACKSON. HE HAS THAT FAST. HE HAS BACKDOOR DIVISIONS. HE WILL OPEN UP THE ENTIRE RUN GAME. YOU HAVE HERBERT AND MONTGOMERY EACH HAD 50+ YARDS. HE SPUN IT AROUND BETWEEN THESE THREE GUYS. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. I THINK THEY CONSISTENTLY HAD OVER 175 YARDS IN THE PAST TWO GAMES OVER 200 YARDS OF RUSHING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 85 BEARS.

HOW CRAZY IS THAT? >> DEFENSIVELY, I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE PATRIOTS WERE DOING. FIRST OF ALL, THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE STARTED BAILEY, NOT MAC JONES. IS A WAY THEY SAID WE DIDN’T KNOW WE WERE CHANGING QUARTERBACKS BACK AND FORTH. A BIG MOVE. >> HE DIDN’T DO ANY OF THAT. THERE ARE ISSUES IN NEW ENGLAND. NOW YOU GO TO DALLAS WHERE YOU ARE 10 1/2 POINT UNDERDOGS AND YOU HAVE GOT TO DEAL WITH MICHAEL PARSONS. I MEAN SOME MONSTERS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT MATCHUP? >> IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH MATCHUP. MICHAEL PARSONS

IN MY OPINION IS THE BEST DEFENSIVE END IN THE GAME. HE IS THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN THE GAME. I WATCHED HIM AGAINST THE EAGLES . THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY TOUGH FOR THESE OFFENSIVE TACKLES. YOU HAVE GOT TO GIVE HIM HELP AND CHIP. IS A FORMER PATRIOT I PLAYED WITH THEM. I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING OVER THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE I REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY OUT COACH BILL BELICHICK. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT. BILL BELICHICK WINS LAST NIGHT. SECOND ALL-TIME IN WINDS. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE BEARS — IT IS NOT

AGAINST US. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU ARE A YOUNGER GUY. HE IS LONG DECEASED WHEN YOU WERE A SMALL CHILD OR NOT EVEN BORN YET. WOULD YOU HAVE KNOWN BILL BELICHICK WAS TRYING TO SURPASS GOING INTO THAT GAME? I HAVE HAD PEOPLE WHO SAID NOBODY AND THAT LOCKER ROOM KNOWS THAT. >> I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING ME YOUNG, FIRST OFF. >> COMPARED TO ME YOU ARE A BABY. >> MY MOM KEEPS LETTING ME KNOW ANY TO HAVE KIDS AND GET MARRIED. THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME YOUNG. I WILL TELL HER YOU SAID THAT. >> MY DAD

IS A LIFELONG BEAR FAN. I KNEW ABOUT THAT. BILL BELICHICK PASSING AGAINST THE BEARS DIDN’T FEEL RIGHT. I AM SO HAPPY HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN SOMEONE ELSE. YOU CAN’T PLOT PASS PAPA BEAR AGAINST THE BEARS. MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING — I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. IT MADE THE BEARS PLAY SO WELL AND NOT LET BILL BELICHICK PASSING. >> I CAME OUT AT THE START OF THE YEAR TO A 5 WIN FOOTBALL TEAM. NOW THERE ARE 3 AND 4. THEY COULD HAVE LOST THE TEXANS GAME. THEY SHOULD HAVE ONE THE WASHINGTON

GAME. YOU ARE WHAT YOUR RECORD SAYS YOU ARE. THEY ARE 3 AND 4. I HAD HIGH HOPES THIS WOULD BE A BREAKOUT YEAR AS A RECEIVER. JUSTIN IS GOING TO NEED A GUY YOU GET THE FOR ABOUT TWO. HE IS AN EXCELLENT BLOCKING TIGHT END. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON IT? >> I DON’T WANT TO SAY I AM DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I RESPECT WHAT HE DOES. I KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS TO BLOCK A DEFENSIVE END AS A TIGHT END. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST BLOCKERS I HAVE SEEN IN THE LEAGUE. HE IS INCREDIBLE. A

PHENOMENAL BLOCKER. I DID EXPECT MORE FROM HIM IN THE PASSING GAME. I WANTED MORE. IT IS NOT JUST THE PAST OFFENSE. WHEN I WATCH I AM LIKE HE CAN BE BETTER IN THE GROUT RUNNING. HE CAN BE MORE CRISP IN THE PASSING GAME. HE HAS ROOM TO IMPROVE. HE IS STILL ONLY 23 YEARS OLD. FOR HIS SPEED, THIS GUY LOOKS LIKE TARZAN. HE IS 6’6″ 265 POUNDS. THAT IS A MONSTER. HIS SIZE AND SPEED HE SHOULD BE A 1000 YARD RECEIVER. HE HAS GOT THE SKILL SET TO BE EXTREMELY GOOD. I PLAYED WITH A LOT

OF TIGHTENS. HE SHOULD BE IN THE SAME AS SOME OF THOSE OTHER GUYS. I AM HOPING HE CAN STILL IMPROVE . >> A TRADE DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 1st. I DON’T THINK ANYONE THINKS THE BEARS ARE WINNING THE SUPER BOWL. EVEN MONTGOMERY WILL BE A FREE AGENT. ROBERT QUINN IS ON THE BACKSIDE OF HIS CAREER. WHAT IS IT LIKE BEING IN THE LOCKER ROOM WITH THAT THE TRADE THAT DEADLINE COMING KNOWING YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO COME TO THE PLAYOFFS. IS A DISTRACTION OR PEOPLE DON’T PAY ATTENTION? >> IS A PLAYER YOU DON’T REALLY PAY

ATTENTION. I HAVE NEVER BEEN THAT GUY THAT WAS ON THE TRADING BLOCK. IT IS MORE TOUGH FOR ROBERT QUINN AND DAVID MONTGOMERY. YOU SEE JAMES ROBINSON FROM THE JAGUARS. NOBODY IS SAFE. MONTGOMERY AND ROBERT QUINN. MAYBE THEY SHIPPED HIM OUT FOR A FOURTH FOR A FIFTH-ROUND PICK . IT IS TO FOR THOSE GUYS TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE JOB AT HAND. THE REST OF THE LOCKER ROOM YOU JUST HAVE TO FOCUS AND STAY COMMITTED TO THE GAME PLAN. IT IS HONESTLY NOT THAT DIFFICULT. >> ONE GAME AT A TIME. >>> THE LAST THING. DO YOU

BELIEVE JUSTIN FIELDS CAN BE THE FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK CHICAGO HAS LUSTED FOR, FOR SO LONG? >> AFTER LAST NIGHT’S GAME, BEATING THE PATRIOTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT — WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A GAME LIKE THAT? THEY HAVEN’T BEAT THE PATRIOTS WITH BILL BELICHICK. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE. I KNOW I WAS SUPER IMPRESSED THE WAY HE CAN RUN AND PASS IN THE WAY HE WAS LEADING HIS TEAM. I THINK WITH HE NEW OFFENSE THEY ARE FIGURING HOW TO USE THIS GUY. USE HIM HOW HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED. GET THIS

GUY ON THE MOVE. HE IS FLUID. HE IS DYNAMIC.

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