On Wednesday afternoon, Matt Nagy made the news that had everyone in Chicagoland waiting in bated breath. With Andy Dalton nursing a bone bruise, Justin Fields was named the Bears’ starter. The 2021 No. 11 overall pick will make his first career start in the NFL against the Cleveland Browns this Sunday — his first game in the state of Ohio since becoming a national sensation as an Ohio State Buckeye.
Somewhere, Rafiki is painting Simba’s Fields’ face into a cave wall, as Michael Scott panics and yells out of his office that yes, it is happening.