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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Sport
Colleen Kane

Justin Fields’ connection with Cole Kmet highlights short night for Bears first-team offense

SEATTLE — Two thousand miles was a long way to travel for one series of football that lasted 10 plays and less than six minutes. But Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields at least had a few positives to review during the trip back from Seattle on Thursday night.

Bears coach Matt Eberflus limited many of his offensive starters to just the first drive of the Bears’ 27-11 preseason victory over the Seahawks at Lumen Field. He didn’t want to put too much on them given they played their preseason opener against the Kansas City Chiefs just six days earlier.

But that caution meant a limited sample size for Fields, whose every step is being scrutinized for signs of progress in his second season.

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