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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Patrick Finley

Justin Fields, Bears are the league’s worst when it’s time for a 4th quarter rally

Bears quarterback Justin Fields is sacked in the fourth quarter Sunday. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

The thud you heard across the Chicago area Monday night was Bears fans dropping their remote controls onto their couch at the end of the Seahawks-Eagles game and wondering why their quarterback — who can do a lot of rare things — couldn’t do that.

Seahawks quarterback Drew Lock, making his second start since the end of the 2021 season Monday, took possession at his own 8-yard line with 1:52 to play and trailing by four. Nine plays later, he threw a 29-yard strike to rookie Jaxon Smith-Njigba to take the lead and eventually beat the defending NFC champs.

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