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Bears name Justin Fields their starting QB
Nagy pivots on Dalton
By: Mike Krueger | Oct 6 2021, 1:12 pm
| Justin Fields is the Bears’ starting quarterback, both Sunday and beyond.
Coach Matt Nagy made the announcement on Wednesday, saying Fields “has done everything to show us that he’s ready for this opportunity.”
Nagy said there is nothing, short of an injury to the rookie quarterback, that will send Fields back to the bench.
“This is Justin’s time,” he said. (Chicago Sun Times)
FFToday's Take: Nagy had previously said that Andy Dalton would be the starter when healthy. I guess something changed. After getting demolished by the Browns in Week 3, Fields played reasonably well in Week 4 against the Lions despite and underwhelming stat line of 11-17, 209-0-1, 9 rush yds. He's yet to show enough running production to make him a QB1 consideration and the upcoming schedule isn't friendly. Consider him a middling QB2 moving forward.
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