The bears now have as many wins in 13 games using a backup QB as they do in 31 games when Fields starts. People keep talking about how bad the rest of the roster is (which is true) but it’s crazy how other guys have somehow managed to get it done.
Fields reminds me of Tebow
Turns out a qb who can’t find an open receiver isn’t good
Yes he was 0-7, but he wasn’t all that bad this year compared to years prior
Ooooof
Lmao I know he doesn’t have the strongest supporting cast but it’s crazy how the narrative that every other QB would struggle to win anything on the Bears is still alive
Even a lot of Bears fans back this. Oh, the Bears would have ruined Mahomes. That nonsense is such a slap in the face of great QBs. The fact is, the Bears have just been really bad at drafting QBs and haven’t been aggressive in drafts with regard to the position. Before Trubisky and Fields, the most recent first round QB the Bears drafted was Rex Grossman in 2003.
So basically the same thing?
Fields is likely a bust but honestly this is a coaching problem more than a QB problem. We clown the Bears for never having “the guy” at QB, but the coaches that have cycled through Halas Hall are basically all memes in their own right.
Owners need to go.
I feel like Fields is far from a bust. Statistically, he’s become a mid-tier QB this season, and I think that’s perfectly fine.
Half of the teams in the league would have an upgrade with him at QB and he’s a clear #2 (behind only Trevor Lawrence) coming out the largest QB draft class in history. He doesn’t need to be a locked-in top 5 to not be a “bust”.
Last year we had 5 games in a row, averaging 30 points for that stretch, but went 1-4 because of the defense - yet he gets the blame, when he was the clear reason we were even in those games.
Obviously, I’m still in on him, and I feel like the horrible coaching and playcalling is playing a part in him not taking the gigantic leap many expected in the offseason. You see the same behavioral issues and habits (only worse) with Bagent, and it becomes clear that our entire QB room is suffering from the way they are coached.
God I hate the term bust. It’s so dismissive.
No it’s a fields problem, not a single coach could have turned that guy into a quality starter
As a neutral with no real concern for any of the teams or players, fields was leading the NFL in TDs when he got hurt, and it seemed like the coaches didn’t want him to run for the first month, and then he started to run a little and had back to back 4 TD games.
As for Nagy/trubisky, it seemed like Mitch would have a great game where he had designed runs and roll outs, then the next game they’d have him do 40 7-step drops and he’d be awful. That’s a coaching problem if you can’t see what he was good at and then build on it.
I think being a bust is a coaching problem the majority of the time. I don’t think Fields ever stood a chance at developing there the same way Mahomes probably wouldn’t have if he were taken instead of Trubisky.
Man those last 10 years we had some really shitty decisions made.
difference maker
Reminds me of the whole Wilson vs Flacco/White narrative the last few years.
There’s a reason 31 other teams did not want him
This one honestly feels like coincidence
They also beat utterly dogshit teams
He just happened to be out this week when they played the worst team. He also missed when they played a bad LV with a QB I’d never heard of before. Like lots of stats, you can’t just blindly look at the numbers.
Incoming mental gymnastics and Redditor cope for fields
I don’t really subscribe to QB wins unless it’s over a 4 yr span or longer but damn…that’s a shocking stat. Just wow.
I think they have their eyes on Caleb Williams and will trade Fields to the Falcons next summer.
it’s an unfair stat because the teams (except the bengals) that the backup beat were piss poor
There is no span of time that it is a useful stat in a vacuum.
Falcons fans: can we please stop wasting our physical specimens of players by not utilizing their talent?
(Trades for Justin Fields)
Arthur Smith: you ain’t seen nothing yet!
Williams isn’t any better. He falls apart against ranked teams.
I don’t get it that have the same amount of wins
Flair checks out. I don’t really think using wins as a QB stat to knock Fields is needed. Just looking at his passing stats is good enough alone for that….
Yeah, Fields is what haters thought Lamar was
Had me in the first half. Not gonna lie.
Can’t always judge a QB based on wins; Mahomes had a losing record in college.
Jalen hurts would say, “you gotta keep the main thing, the main thing” and “winning is the only thing that matter”
Look at lamars mvp season. Fewer passing yards than that, and iirc, fewer rushing yards .
If not it’s nearly identical as far as yardage.
And yeah, fields is definitely not without his faults. That’s sack rate is an issue as is the fumbling.
On the plus side, y’all are kind of set for the future.