Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 8, 2022
Bobby gives his blessing: Douglass loves that Fields has green light
Sun-Times
Bear quarterback Bobby Douglass rushed for 66 yards in this “Monday Night Football” game against the Vikings on Oct. 24, 1972.“You have to give him the green light,” Bobby Douglass says. “You let him run.”
The thing to remember here is that before Justin Fields, there was Bobby Douglass.
We’re talking about Bears quarterbacks who head upfield, not in terror but as a threat, using their fearlessness and athletic talent to strike fear into the opposing team.
Fields, the second-year Bears QB who has started only 19 pro games, ran for 178 yards Sunday against the Dolphins, the most rushing yards ever in a regular-season game by an NFL quarterback.
In 102 years.
