Numbers don’t matter, Justin Fields said after Sunday’s 20-12 road loss to the New York Giants, explaining that the Chicago Bears’ 2-2 record is the only figure that counts.
That’s hard to dispute, and as the sample size grows it’s becoming increasingly difficult to say anything is working well on offense outside of the running game.
For the longest time, coaches divided seasons into quarters, evaluating the smaller portions. The addition of a 17th regular-season game a year ago changes that math.
