Bears Insider Delivers Epic Rant On Justin Fields/Caleb Williams Debate
Moving on is something Chicago Bears fans always seem to struggle with. Justin Fields had a divisive three-year stint with the organization. Some of it was good. A lot of it was bad. Many remained adamant that the former 11th overall pick never got a fair chance in Chicago. He was just starting to get things going at the end of last season when GM Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus decided to pull the plug. They traded Fields to Pittsburgh for a conditional pick, then took Caleb Williams first overall last April.
Three games into the 2024 season and fans are already at war. Fields has gone 3-0 as a starter for the Steelers. Williams has shown progress the past couple of weeks but is sitting at 1-2. Already people are saying the Bears made a huge mistake. Fields is obviously a better quarterback. Now he’s proving it. Adam Hoge of CHGO finally reached his breaking point after hearing all of this. He went in guns blazing on the debate, making it clear things have gone way off the rails.
Justin Fields is winning, but he’s still the same QB.
Through the first three games, he has averaged 172 yards passing with two touchdowns and one interception. The key difference is a higher completion percentage (73.33) than normal. He’s also been sacked six times and hasn’t been as dangerous of a rushing threat. Everybody is eager to hand him his flower, failing to acknowledge the Steelers defense is #1 in both points and yards allowed. It is great to see Justin Fields having team success after those frustrating years in Chicago, but people need to stop acting like he’s the main reason.
Meanwhile, Williams passed for 363 yards on Sunday against Indianapolis. It was his third career game. Fields has topped 300 yards once in his four seasons, and that was last October, his 38th career game. It is already evident the rookie is a more natural pocket passer than his predecessor ever was. Future success for him is impossible to predict, but to say the Bears made a bad call is neither accurate nor fair.