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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Patrick Finley

Film study: Why did the Bears run out of shotgun on 4th down?

Bears quarterback Justin Fields is stuffed at the goal line on fourth down Sunday night. (Mike Roemer/AP)

In Week 1, Bears quarterback Justin Fields showed such awareness that he was able to scramble left, look 30 yards downfield and almost completely across it — from one set of field numbers to the other — and find Dante Pettis for a 51-yard touchdown.

In Week 2? Fields sprinted three yards past the line of scrimmage on third-and-10 Sunday — and then decided to throw the ball. Was he thinking of scrambling first? Unsure OF where he was on the field? Either way, he was flagged, the Bears punted, and the Packers scored again.

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