Assuming Fields is back next week, he will have to face some pretty good defenses. First number is team defense by total yards given up and the second number is team defense by passing yards given up.
Detroit #9/#20 Minnesota #13/#16 Detroit #9/#20 Cleveland #1/#1 Atlanta #8/#10 Arizona #22/#11 Green Bay #11/#7
Detroit will be a tough match up because they have pass rushers, good run D, and will be playing with the lead most likely.
Minnesota’s aggressive blitzing gave Fields trouble.
Cleveland is the toughest defense the Bears will play all year.
Atlanta and Green Bay have top 10 pass defense and Arizona is #11 in pass defense.
Fields best chance to put up a good performance will be next week against Detroit but we still don’t know how healed his thumb is yet. After the 2 Detroit games it’s a rough 4 games to close out the season.
I think the two Detroit games will be interesting/telling. Lions are a great team, talented, well-coached, putting up Ws… but capable offenses can move the ball on them. Chargers just dropped 41, a few weeks before that the Ravens blew them out 38-6, Seattle put up 37 on them earlier this season.
Are we capable or not? We shall see. We’ve got the whole rest of the year to gain information, but especially given a division opponent we get to play twice, I’m really interested in how both these games go, for our staff and personnel.