SI.com · Sep 22, 2021
Bears QB Justin Fields to Start Week 3 vs. Browns
Bears rookie quarterback Justin Fields will start the team's Week 3 game against the Browns, coach Matt Nagy told reporters Wednesday.
Nagy said that Fields will open the game as a result of the team's prior starter, Andy Dalton, being "week-to-week" with a left knee injury. Dalton sustained the injury during Chicago's Week 2 win over Cincinnati.
Veteran quarterback Nick Foles will serve as Fields's backup against Cleveland, Nagy said.
Dalton suffered the left knee injury on Sunday during a 14-yard scramble late in the second quarter, when he landed awkwardly on the Bears' sideline and his left knee appeared to buckle.