“Accepted as a wash by the entire fan base”… I don’t really get that argument… at all. It’s like a little kid who flunks a class and then says, “Yeah, I flunked because I considered my first ten exams to be a wash, but I did Ok in my last 5 exams so I should pass.” You are basically picking and choosing what should or should not be taken into account. If you edit out what gets counted, you can always end up with a positive evaluation because you are artificially removing anything that looks bad.
And let’s finally be honest here: Fields did not look all that great in most of his games this year. He basically had one good game. In the others he was starring down the headlights like a deer on the road in New Lennox at 3 AM. I hope that you don’t blame his play this year on the O-Line/Receivers/Coaches/Team/City, etc, as the same people who claim Bagent is 2-2 because he suddenly has great support are the same people who claim Fields has a drastic loss ratio because of the same people.
And finally, the last few years were not immediately accepted by all fans as obvious wash years. There were people - here - who seriously thought we would be contenders in his first full year. The whole ‘we didn’t plan on winning’ argument is a rewrite of history.
One second later the Viking rolls over and slashes the bear across the neck. Honestly, since the Bears have released this weekly artwork they’ve had a massive win-loss deficit. They should stop.