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.
Definitely a tough road and we all know that Getsy isn’t helping him that much, but we know Fields can play well against good defenses (at least those that are willing to admit it).
In 2022, the top defense was SF, giving up 16.3 pts a game: Chicago scored 19 on them (in the rain). Dallas was at 20.1 pts/game Chicago scored 29, etc. We had bad games on offense too (obviously), but it’s not like he’s incapable.
Personally, I think our defense will regress over the next 3 games because our division has Eberflus’s (and Getsy’s) number. Bears will need to score 35 to win. We go against Cleveland after that, there’s a good chance we lose all 4 regardless of how well Fields plays.
Unless the Bears miraculously are in contention for a playoff spot, which is pretty far-fetched given the next four games, best case scenario for the Bears is that Fields plays great, so the Bears don’t HAVE to take a QB end up with more draft picks to build around him rather than starting over. Can you imagine being able to trade out of #1 and getting a haul AGAIN while also getting MHJ and some other pieces?
The fans that don’t want Fields to succeed can’t get over their bias that him doing well is the best possible outcome so we don’t have to reboot this thing all over again (except the coaches, please please please get an offensive HC regardless of what we do with QB)