Overreaction Monday: Houston Texans at Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears Overreaction No. 2: Justin Fields isn’t the Bears’ franchise quarterback

First, I don’t even believe this title above. That’s just the overreaction.

Wanted to clear that up before I have to explain to my landlord why there’s an angry mob outside my door.

With that said, it’s okay to admit that Justin Fields stunk against the Texans. Heck, he even said so after the game.

"“Straight up, I played likeー I want to say the “a” word, but I won’t, so I’ll say I just played like trash. Played terrible, and really just gotta be better.” Fields said in his post-game press conference."

Justin Fields clearly holds himself to a high standard, and for quarterbacks that play for the Bears, that’s a nice change of pace. Not to say the quarterbacks prior didn’t, but there was always this “C’mon, man” mentality towards former Chicago Bears quarterbacks.

And that’s now starting to happen to the quarterback who’s supposed to save the Chicago Bears.

Personally, those beliefs are still there. For as long as Bears fans tooted their horn hoping for a sliver of competence from Mitchell Trubisky, it’s only fair that Justin Fields receives the same patience.

However, today was really, really bad from Justin Fields. Flat-out, straight-up, nothing held back; I’ll say it for him: Justin Fields played like butt.

I don’t think I can swear on FanSided, so I won’t even risk it.

In all seriousness, Justin Fields had a very hard-to-watch game against the Texans.

In said game, Justin Fields was 8/17 (47.1% comp) with 106 yards, 0 TDs, and 2 INTs. On top of that, he was sacked five times and fumbled twice, though both were recovered by the Bears.

For a sprinkle of positivity, he did have that cool run.

On the ground, Fields rushed eight times for 47 yards, so at least the ground game continues to be solid.

As for Justin Fields’ progression, it’s not just on him. The team he plays for has a rookie GM with a rookie head coach with a rookie offensive coordinator on a team with a lot of starting rookies. This whole team has a lot of maturing to do, however, there’s a lot of potential.

No need to blow it up because of a bad win, if those exist.