Andy Dalton was watching film in the Bears’ quarterbacks room during organized team activities in June when he turned to ask Justin Fields a question.
“I asked him, ‘What is it like to run 4.4?” Dalton said.
Fields, the Bears’ rookie quarterback, ran a 4.45-second 40-yard dash at Ohio State’s pro day. With no NFL Scouting Combine because of the coronavirus, Fields’ time — along with those of every other prospect who couldn’t travel to Indianapolis — was recorded into the combine record books. Fields ran, simply, the second-fastest 40-yard dash time of any quarterback prospect this century.