To understand where quarterback Justin Fields’ mind is entering his second Bears season, you have to go back three years, to the game-deciding interception on the biggest stage of his career.
Trailing Clemson by six in the Fiesta Bowl national championship semifinal on Dec 28, 2019, Fields drove Ohio State to the 23-yard line. With 43 seconds left, he took the snap, looked into the end zone and heaved a pass right into the arms of Clemson safety Nolan Turner. Chris Olave, Fields’ receiver, was supposed to run a post route — but he broke it off because he thought his quarterback was about to scramble.