Bears Wire podcast: Discussing the thought for Justin Fields in Year 1

Justin Fields has became the focus on of town in Chicago, and he hasn’t even taken a discover snap but with the Bears.

That’s real the vitality of Fields Fever, which has taken the Bears fan substandard by storm. Chicago received an absolute rob in Fields after trading as much as settle him with the 11th general decide. Fields represents something that has been absent for awhile: Hope, namely for a brighter future for this maligned franchise.

Even handed one of the largest questions this offseason for the Bears entails the attain of Fields. Particularly, when will he in fact procure a possibility to open up?

Chicago appears roar with letting Fields sit unhurried outmoded Andy Dalton, who GM Ryan Tempo acknowledged will be the crew’s starting up quarterback to open up the season. The thought isn’t very any longer to bolt him and to let him be taught unhurried Dalton. While that mannequin worked for Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City unhurried Alex Smith, the Bears’ concern is totally various.

While Mahomes didn’t leer the self-discipline as a starter all over his rookie season until Week 17, there was as soon as an even reason for it. And that had the complete thing to construct with Smith’s spectacular efficiency all over a playoff bolt for the Chiefs.

We’ll never know if Mahomes was as soon as prepared to transfer his rookie season (maybe) or if Kansas City would’ve inserted him into the dual carriageway-up, but the Bears don’t ought to test out to pressure Fields’ trend to suit that of Mahomes’.

If Fields earns the starting up job in coaching camp — and proves that he’s prepared — he wants to be given the job. But if isn’t prepared, that’s alright, too. Let him intention at his own price while Dalton takes the brunt of these vogue of defenses.

With the Bears headed correct into a runt of a down month sooner than coaching camp, host Ryan O’Leary (@RyanOLearySMG) and myself (@AlyssaBarbieri) wrapped up this share of the offseason, the build he mentioned our tips on how Chicago must handle Fields’ trend and one of the head positional battles to seem this offseason.

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