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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
Sport
Jason Lieser

Do new Bears coach, GM need to be Justin Fields believers? Absolutely

Justin Fields had a 73.2 passer rating in his rookie season. | Chris Unger/Getty Images

The list of Bears chairman George McCaskey’s remarks in his press conference last week that were weird, confusing or unnecessarily dodgy is long and wearying.

It was such a ham-handed back and forth that at one point McCaskey struggled to give a concrete commitment to Justin Fields as the team’s quarterback of the future. After repeated pressing on whether it was a prerequisite for general manager and coach candidates to believers in Fields, McCaskey broke from the pocket and sprinted for the sideline.

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