The answer to what is wrong with Justin Fields is simple and not too promising for the Chicago Bears: It's everyone and everything.
"Um, you know, it could be, you know, coaching, I think," Fields said."But at the end of the day, they're doing their job when they're giving me what to look at and stuff like that. But at the end of the day, I can't be thinking about that when the game comes. I prepare myself throughout the week and then when the game comes, it's time to play free at that point."Playing NFL quarterback is very hard.
The problem is when you're preparing for every possibility, it can be overwhelming. Fields indicated that has been his problem through two games. "You're trying to process so much information to where it's like, if I just simplified it in my mind I would have done this," Fields said."I saw a few plays Sunday to where, if I was playing like my old self we would have had a positive play."
It's hard to know what will break Fields out of his slump. He needs to make progress as a passer, but how the Bears are trying to get there with him isn't working. But can Fields make the significant progress he needs as a passer if he remains an instinctual, improvisational player? It's really hard to develop a quarterback, and develop as a quarterback. That's why so many quarterbacks don't reach their best possible career outcome. Fields is just two games into his third season. It's too early to make conclusions about what he'll be as an NFL player. But he and the Bears can't keep doing what they've been doing and expect better results. Fields understands that.
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