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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Rick Morrissey

Justin Fields can’t take many more beatings like the one he took Thursday night

Bears quarterback Justin Fields is sacked during Thursday night’s loss to the Commanders. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

The Bears lost a terrible game Thursday night. Somehow, someway, they didn’t lose Justin Fields. I’m still trying to figure out how he escaped serious injury.

Whatever this is — sources are calling it “football” — it’s not sustainable if the goal is for the quarterback to survive. The Bears fell 12-7 to Washington in a brutally bad performance by both teams. Fields ran the ball a lot. The Commanders hit him a lot. Better and smarter teams are going to figure out that Fields’ first through seventh instincts is to run, thanks to a bad offensive line and weak receivers. 

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