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What Justin Fields’ return means for QB, future of Bears’ rebuild originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Justin Fields has waited patiently for a month. The Bears quarterback has waited for his dislocated right thumb to heal, his grip strength to return, and the medical staff to give him the green light to play.
The third-year signal-caller finally got cleared this week and is expected to start Sunday when the Bears visit the Lions in Detroit.
“I’m really excited. I feel like the longer I was out, the more I was trying to go,” Fields said Wednesday at Halas Hall. “I’m really excited to be back this week and be back on the field with the guys.”
Fields has missed the Bears’ last four games, but the 24-year-old has remained engaged in the weekly game-planning and was “integral” in preparing backup quarterback Tyson Bagent for the rookie’s first extended NFL action.
On game day, Fields wore a headset to listen to offensive coordinator Luke Getsy’s calls, played the game in his head, and observed everything from the sidelines. He believes that getting a different view will help him in his return to live action.
“Being on the sidelines, I feel like you look at the game with a different perspective,” Fields said, “And I was just kind of seeing the game from a different view. So. Definitely learned a lot from just being on the sidelines and really just looking at the game from the sidelines. Body language. Different alignments and stuff like that.”
Fields watched Bagent closely and said he believes there are things he can take from the rookie’s four-game performance that would mesh well with his own skillset, although he didn’t elaborate on what those things might be.
“So things that Tyson did well, I’m definitely going to try to emulate that, of course, in my game,” Fields said. “But at the end of the day, we’re different quarterbacks. We don’t do the same things. So, but, of course, there’s bits and pieces that we do differently that he did…
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Author : NBC Sports Chicago
Publish date : 2023-11-15 23:37:58
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