On the surface, Aidan Hutchinson’s game-sealing strip-sack of Justin Fields was an all-too-familiar indictment on the Bears’ beleaguered quarterback — the latest in a string of fourth-quarter failures showing why he’s not the guy for the Chicago Bears going forward.
To an extent, it’s true. It might not have been his fault the Bears’ coaches and defense blew a 12-point fourth-quarter lead, but his job as a quarterback is to overcome that and make game-winning plays anyway.
Of course, he would’ve done so on 3rd-and-9 on the Bears’ penultimate drive if Tyler Scott had kept running his route and come down with a perfectly placed deep ball to break the Lions’ backs.