The Bears soon have to make a decision on QB Justin Fields.
Not a stadium in the suburbs, although they are trying to do that, but a football roster that can compete for the playoffs. The hope is this year's team will be improved over last season's 3-14 finish, but anyone booking Super Bowl tickets is far too premature.
Fields had a tremendous, record-setting season as a runner in 2022. He ran for 1,143 yards and 8 touchdowns, coming just shy of the single-season QB rushing record. But the Bears' passing game was statistically the NFL's worst in more than a decade. Fields threw for 2,242 yards with 17 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He was woefully lacking in playmakers around him, particularly late in the year when receivers Darnell Mooney and Chase Claypool missed time due to injury.
With it being the first year under a new coaching staff, plus the lack of weapons, last season was -- in many ways -- like year one for Fields. His rookie season in 2021 under coach Matt Nagy was essentially wasted. After this season, the conversation will begin for the 2021 draft class, which included five first-round picks: Fields, Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Trey Lance and Mac Jones.
A total of 16 quarterbacks were drafted in the first round from 2015-19. Ten of them had the fifth-year option exercised by the team that drafted them. It sometimes makes sense for a team to use the option, whether it plans to keep the QB long-term or not. A QB has to be pretty underwhelming for the team to completely give up on him after three seasons.
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