When will Chicago Bears instill full trust in Justin Fields? | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC
OBLIGATED TO SELL THIS GAME. LAST WEEK, WE ORGANICALLY SOLD CULTS, BRONCOS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WAS AN EXCITING. GAME, RIGHT? I THINK THIS IS UGLY GAME WITH NO PAY OFF LAST WEEK WAS UGLY GAME WITH PAY OFF. WHERE’S THE PAYOFF? WHEN THE ONE IN FOR COMMANDERS? GO TO TAKE ON THE THREE AND TO CHICAGO BEARS, AND CHRIS OUT. YEAH, I’LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR. OKAY, WELL US WHY WE SHOULD WATCH THIS GAME? WELL, I THINK. ONE, I MEAN AGAIN YOU GO TO THE CHICAGO BEARS, WE KNOW THERE ARE TEAM KIND OF ON THE REBUILD
HERE BUT I THINK ONE OF THE HOTTEST STORIES IN CHICAGO AND YOU KNOW, KIND OF A UNDER THE RADAR STORY, AS FAR AS THE NFL WAS JUSTIN FIELDS IN HIS DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW THERE’S AGAIN THERE’S THERE’S SOME SUPERSTAR POTENTIAL THERE AND SOME THINGS YOU REALLY LOVE ABOUT HIS GAME AND THERE’S THINGS ABOUT HIS GAME THAT ARE A LITTLE CONCERNING AND YOU’RE NOT SURE WHERE IT’S GOING TO GO. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THEY CALL THE GAME, SOMETIMES YOU’RE NOT SURE. THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEM EITHER. YOU KNOW, THE COMMANDERS AND CARSON WENTZ AND
IT’S THE REASON WE’RE NOT GOOD EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN THE PLAYOFFS TWO YEARS AGO IS BECAUSE THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION, RIGHT?
HERE AND THE BEARS TO WHERE YOU LOSE THIS ONE. YOU’RE YOU’RE PRETTY MUCH YOU’RE VERY CLOSE TO SHUTTING THE DOOR. I’M GOING. ALL RIGHT. HEY YOU GUYS JUST KEEP WORKING TO IMPROVE THE CULTURE AND IMPROVE YOUR TEAM BUT I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE YOU IN THE PLAYOFF CONVERSATION. COME HERE AND FIVE OR SIX WEEKS, THERE ARE TEAMS THAT DO START OFF SLOWLY. AND AND THEIR GROOVE. I REMEMBER THERE WAS A YEAR THAT THE WASHINGTON NOT COMMANDERS. YEAH. LIKE THREE AND SEVEN. I THINK IT WAS OUR G3’S ROOKIE YEAR AND THEY FOUND THE GAS
PEDAL. I DON’T THINK THEY WERE QUITE THREE AND SEVEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THOUGH. YOU’RE RIGHT. THEY TOOK OFF AND GOT HOT, RIGHT? I DON’T SEE THAT IN THE CARDS FOR THESE TEAMS. IF IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ONE OF THE TWO TEAMS I WOULD SAY, IT’S GOING TO BE THE BEARS BECAUSE JUSTIN FIELDS AS HE DEVELOPS AND I THOUGHT I HAD THE VIKINGS, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM IS YOU USE THE TERM REBUILD AS IT RELATES TO THE BEARS. I HAVEN’T GOT ANY SENSE THAT THEY’RE BUILDING, IT’S JUST TEAR DOWN AND NOT GO OUT
AND ACQUIRE HIGH-END TALENT, TO HELP YOUR YOUNG QUARTERBACK. GET BETTER. UNLIKE WHAT THE JAGUARS DID? YEAH, WE’RE TREVOR LAWRENCE WRIGHT WITH THE JETS DID FOR ZAK WILSON YOUNG QUARTERBACKS GETTING HELP AROUND THEM JAIL AND HURTS IN PHILLY TO A TONGUE OF EYLAU. I KNOW THEY’RE BOTH THIRD YEAR, GUYS, BUT STILL A SENSE OF TRYING TO MAKE THE IAN’S BETTER FOR THE YOUNG INSTEAD OF JUST OUT WITH THE OLD AND THERE’S NO NEW AND IT REALLY MAKES ME WONDER WHAT THE NEW REGIME THINKS OF JUSTIN FIELDS. AND LET’S THINK ABOUT A VERY PRAGMATIC. YEAH. RIGHT GUYS
WHO GOT FIRED ARE THE ONES WHO GOT JUSTIN FIELDS. THE NEW GUYS COME IN AND THIS IS A DYNAMIC THAT I THINK IS TRUE IN ANY LINE OF WORK. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DEFER TO YOUR PREDECESSORS ROOM BROUGHT IN TO DO THINGS BETTER, WHICH MEANS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE OLD GUYS DID IT POORLY AND THAT’S WHY THEY’RE GONE. AND THIS, IS THERE CROWN JEWEL? THIS WAS THE GUY THEY TRADED UP TO GET. SO THERE MAY BE A NATURAL INCLINATION FOR THEM TO NOT EVEN WANT JUSTIN FIELDS AROUND. WELL YEAH. AND I KNOW THAT THERE’S BEARS FANS
THAT ARE INVESTED IN JUSTIN FIELDS, BUT I DON’T GET THE IMPRESSION, THEY’VE DONE A LOT TO HELP JUSTIN FIELDS, BUT I STILL THINK HE’S PRETTY GOOD AND HE HAD A HELL OF A RUN LAST WEEK AGAINST THE VIKINGS. GOT CALLED BACK TO SHOW THAT HE. YEAH. BUT, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, HE CAN PLAY, HE CAN PLAY, HE JUST DOESN’T HAVE THE HELP AROUND HIM. ALL RIGHT, SO THEN YOU PUT HIM ON ANOTHER TEAM AND THAT TEAM IS GOING TO BE A HELL OF A LOT BETTER. BETTER THAN IT IS WITH SKIRTS QUARTERBACK, BUT IT’S HARD
FOR HIM TO STAND OUT WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF HELP AROUND. I HEAR YOU THERE. I HEAR YOU TWO THINGS, ONE, I THINK THE FIRST THING IS, AND I MIGHT HAVE THIS NUMBER WRONG AND MAYBE MIKE AS I TALK YOU COULD EVEN LOOK IT UP. BUT I DO BELIEVE THE BEARS ARE STILL PLAYING LIKE 40 MILLION DOLLARS. TWO GUYS THAT ARE NOT ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM RIGHT NOW. IT SAYS, NUMBER OF EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT THAT AFFECTS YOUR SALARY CAP. SO I THINK THEY’RE KIND OF TAKING THIS YEAR ON THE CHIN A LITTLE BIT TO GO. WAIT,
NEXT YEAR IS THE YEAR WE CAN START TO SPEND SOME MONEY AND GET SOME PIE. THERE’S IN HERE TO HELP JUSTIN FIELDS, I THINK THAT WAS REALLY THEIR ONLY OPTION WITH AND AGAIN, IT’S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I LOOKED AT IT. BUT I REMEMBER LOOKING AT IT IN AUGUST AND GOING, OH, OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. THEY HAVE SOME ISSUES THERE AND THEY’RE, THEY’RE TRYING TO PAY SOME CHECKS AND DO ALL THAT AND BALANCE THE THE CHECKBOOK, THEY’RE A LITTLE BIT SO THEY CAN MAKE SOME PLAYS NEXT YEAR. NOW THE SOLD ON JUSTIN FIELDS THING. I’M
NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. I’M NOT NOW AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND IT’S NOT GREAT TALENT AROUND THEM, THERE’S A LOT OF OTHER QUARTERBACKS AND THINGS OUT THERE THAT TALENT AROUND THEM EITHER AND THE WAY THEY CALL THE GAME WITH HIM RIGHT NOW, DOES NOT LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THEY’RE TOTALLY INTO THEM EITHER THOUGH. SO HE DOES HAVE THINGS ABOUT HIS GAME AND THINGS THAT POP OUT TO YOU WHEN YOU DO, WATCH THEM. AND IF WE WANT TO PLAY THAT TAPE GUYS, LET’S GO AHEAD. I MEAN, MIKE, YOU SAID IT, YOU KNOW, YOU LAST WEEK WAS ONE OF
HIS BETTER GAMES OF THE YEAR, BUT THIS WAS ONE OF HIS BIGGEST COMPLETIONS OF THE OF THE DAY, RIGHT? THIS AND A SCREEN PASS THAT WAS THE GREATEST CATCH ON SUNDAY. THE, BY THE WAY, BY DARNELL MOONEY. SO THAT’S WHERE, BUT THEN, HE THROWS LIKE THIS AND YOU GO DAMN CAN WE HARNESS THAT AND MAKE THAT A CONSISTENT THING BECAUSE THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. AND THEN HERE GREAT QUICK RELEASE, THROWS THE BALL WITH PACE DOWN THE MIDDLE. LOOKS NICE. THERE, YOU KNOW AGAIN, IN THE POCKET ESCAPING AND THIS IS WHERE YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT HE’S
IN THE CONVERSATION FROM ONE OF THE MOST GIFTED RUNNERS IN THE SPORT. AND THIS ONE IS THE ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. IT’S A SHAME. THIS GOT CALLED BACK, BUT THIS HAD LIKE THIS WAS SHADES OF MICHAEL VICK AGAINST THE VIKINGS BACK IN THE THE OLD DAYS RIGHT THERE. I KNOW, RIGHT? I MEAN THERE REALLY WAS DOWN THE LEFT SIDE LINES, TURN ON THE AFTERBURNERS SPLIT DEFENDERS SCORE. SO YOU SEE SOME HIGH-END STUFF, MIKE. BUT THERE’S ALSO A NUMBER OF COMPLETIONS AND INCOMPLETIONS GO. HOW DID HE MISS THAT? OH, IT WAS A COMPLETION BUT AND
FALL AND CATCH IT BEHIND HIS BACK. AND THERE’S JUST SOME OF THAT THAT I THINK IS STILL A LITTLE QUESTIONABLE WITH HIS GAME. A LITTLE WORK IN PROGRESS AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS, I’M EXCITED TO GO ALWAYS SAY ON A THURSDAY NIGHT AND WATCH THAT ONE GAME AND JUST REALLY FOCUS IN ON IT AND CHECK IT OUT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO WATCH HIM PLAY WHILE EIGHT OTHER GAMES WRITING AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MISS A LOT IN THE NUANCES, I LIKE HIS POCKET PRESENCE CHRIS. YOU’RE THE QUARTERBACK X. YEAH I’VE
WATCHED THE FOOTBALL FOR 50 YEARS, RIGHT? I KNOW WHEN IT LOOKS GOOD. I KNOW WHEN IT DOES. I HEAR YOU GOT TO CALM THEIR, THERE’S ALMOST A NONCHALANCE AND HE’S GOT THAT QUICK RELEASE AND THAT QUICK RELEASE IS VERY MEANINGFUL BECAUSE THE FASTER YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO GET THE BALL OUT THE LAST TIME, THE DEFENSIVE BACKS HAVE TO ADJUST. AND THE LAST TIME THE THE DEFENDERS HAVE TO GET AN ARM UP IN THE AIR TO TRY TO KNOCK IT DOWN AND HE SEEMS VERY CALM AND COLLECTED AGREE. THEN ZOOM THE BALLS OUT TO MAKE
ONE OF YOUR SOUNDS EVOLVE. YEAH IT’S JUST OUT AND AND THAT THAT’S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. YOU DON’T WANT TO, YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE THAT. DELIBERATE MOTION. YOU DON’T WANT TO TAKE TOO LONG TO THINK ABOUT IT. WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THAT, THAT SYNAPSE IN YOUR BRAIN FIRES THE BALLS OUT. AND AND THAT BODES. WELL THAT COMBINED WITH THE MOBILITY. YEAH. HE’S GOT THE CHANCE TO STILL BE REALLY GOOD. HE DOES. I’M NOT I’M NOT LIKE YOU KNOW THROWING IN THE TOWEL HERE ON HIM YET EITHER. BUT I’M STILL ON THE FENCE ABOUT
WHERE IT’S GOING TO GO TO A DEGREE. I AM AND I THINK HAD LISTENED TO THE THING. YOU ONE OF HIS BEST POSITIVES. I MEAN HE DOES HAVE A PRESENCE ON THE FIELD. I THINK THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. HE LOOKS LIKE A STUD IN THE POCKET. HE DOES. AND THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THAT. A NO-GOOD PYRES TEAMS. THEY YOU KNOW, GRAVITATE TOWARDS THAT. AND THEN YEAH, HE HAS A CALMNESS IN THE POCKET ONE BECAUSE HE’S A BIG STRONG TOUGH SUCKER. HE REALLY IS. AND THEN TWO, I THINK BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU’RE
SAYING TOO, HE’S COMMON THE POCKET BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE CAN GO GO, GO, GADGET, LEGS AND I CAN GET OUT OF TROUBLE WHEN I NEED TO. AND THAT’S DEFINITELY HIS BEST ATTRIBUTE FOR SURE. AND HE HAS MOMENTS LIKE YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU GO. DAMN, THAT LOOKS GOOD. DAMN, THAT’S PRETTY. AND LAST WEEK AND DAMN THAT LOOKS GOOD TYPE OF BALLS AND WE SEEN THIS YEAR. BUT MAN, THE WEEK BEFORE THAT AGAINST THE NEW YORK GIANTS, THE BALL WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. HE WAS 11 FOR 22 THE WEEK BEFORE THAT AGAINST THE HOUSTON TEXANS.
THE BALL WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND HE THREW TWO INTERCEPTIONS AND I BELIEVE HE WAS LIKE 8 FOR 17. IF I’M CALLING THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, OKAY. OKAY? I AM RIGHT THE WEEK BEFORE. THAT IS GREEN BAY MIKE. AND YOU REMEMBER THAT GAME HE REALLY HE THREW THE BALL. NINE TIMES IN THE COMPETITIVE PART OF THE FOOTBALL GAME, I THINK HE GOT TWO THROWS LATE. IN THE FOOTBALL GAME TO GO 7411. SO THAT IN ITSELF, YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, THERE’S NOT GREAT TALENT AROUND THEM BUT THE LACK OF THROWS.
AND THEN WHAT I SEE ON FILM WITH THE INCONSISTENCIES TELLS ME TO YOUR POINT THAT I’M NOT SURE, THEY’RE TOTALLY SOLD ON HIM YET EITHER, OR AT LEAST, DON’T TRUST THEM TO GO. LET’S DROP BACK AND THROW IT 30 TIMES A GAME AND GO THROUGH JUSTIN FIELDS AND PLAY THAT WAY RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE KIND OF TRYING TO GO SO, LET’S RUN THE BALL. LET’S JUST RUN THE PLAYS THAT HE’S COMFORTABLE WITH NOT LET HIM MAKE MISTAKES. AND OUR DEFENSE WILL PLAY BEND. DON’T BREAK DEFENSE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUST HANG IN THERE AND YOU KNOW,
I’M WAITING FOR THAT NEXT THING TO WHERE IT’S LIKE OKAY IT’S TIME TO PLAY THROUGH THE GUY. HERE WE GO, HE CAN DICE YOU UP, HE CAN RUN, WE GOT SOME QUARTERBACK RUNS AND ALL THAT. SO I DON’T KNOW IF THAT MADE SENSE. MIKE, I KNOW I SAID A LOT THERE BUT HOPEFULLY YOU COULD TAKE THAT I’M NOT CONTRACTUALLY hit, subscribe for the latest news and Analysis from pro football talk.
