When they traded up to draft him, the Bears said quarterback Justin Fields would be following the Patrick Mahomes Plan. Like the Chiefs star did during his rookie season in 2017, Fields would redshirt this year and be tutored by Matt Nagy, the former Kansas City offensive coordinator.
That notion died four plays into the Bears’ first possession Sunday night.
When Fields replaced Andy Dalton for the first of five one-off plays, the Patrick Mahomes Plan went out the window.
Mahomes didn’t play a single snap until the final week of the Chiefs’ 2017 season. Fields appeared in the opener, though, and will play more going forward.