Justin Fields couldn’t elude Browns’ pass rush, but he did escape criticism

Justin Fields, who was sacked nine times, learned quickly Sunday that despite playing in the state of Ohio, he wasn’t at Ohio State anymore.It’s on days like these when one is reminded of that great philosopher — Thumper’s mother — and her words to her boy in ‘‘Bambi’’: ‘‘If you can’t say somethin’ nice, don’t say nothin’ at all.’’

So regarding the Bears’ organization, from top to bottom, following Mrs. Thumper’s advice (in truth, she was passing on wisdom from Mr. Thumper, and Thumper repeated it with his bad English), the rest of this column should be blank.

From Ryan Pace to Matt Nagy to the O-line to the random McCaskeys wandering about Halas Hall to Papa Bear’s ghost searching in the…