The Chicago Bears are one of the worst teams in the NFL. It is largely by design as they are trying to build this thing from the ground up. There are people who don’t believe in Justin Fields but they will see how good he actually is when there is talent around him.
His offensive line was terrible and his weaponry was very weak this year. If you don’t look at things rationally you won’t see how much more impressive that actually makes Fields look. He proved that he was the guy going forward with his play this year and should be proud.
He can work on his throwing and decision-making a little bit more obviously but this was his first real season in the NFL. The first year with Matt Nagy was just a big waste of time. This year under Matt Eberflus was much better.
Now, Fields’ season is officially over as he will not start on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. Nathan Peterman will start in his place which should be fun to watch for a variety of reasons. The Vikings are the division champions this year and should put on a show to end the season.
The Chicago Bears won’t have Justin Fields available on Sunday afternoon.
Fields is going to come up just short of Lamar Jackson’s single-season rushing record for a quarterback which is kind of sad but there will be plenty of other opportunities for him to do that in the future. As he works on the other parts of his game, he will become a great duel threat.
This is also good for the Bears in the grand scheme of things. For one, we know Justin Fields won’t come into 2023 recovering from a torn ACL or anything like that. He needs to be healthy and ready to go when training camp begins late in the summer.
They also have their eyes set on a top-two overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. This is a very real thing and all they need to do is lose this weekend. With the division champions in town, it will be very hard for Nathan Peterman to overcome that.
Even if the Vikings start benching guys as their seed locks in, the Bears should still manage to lose this game. Justin Fields won’t be there to make explosive plays and that is okay. 2022 was fun in terms of his development and the future is very bright for this kid.