Wednesday was a firestorm at the Chicago Bears’ headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois. One of the more notable tidbits came from Justin Fields, who partially blamed being overcoached and overstimulated for his poor play thus far in 2023. That, of course, would fall on the lap of Bears’ offensive coordinator Luke Getsy,
Fields later saw the reaction to his apparent criticism over social media and tried to walk them back. Getsy himself professed that he and Fields are all good and that there are no issues between them as the Bears try to dig out of a disastrous early-season 0-2 hole. In light of this bizarre controversy, Fields and Getsy hugged it out during Chicago’s practice on Thursday.
Of course, in a video courtesy of NBC Sports Chicago, there were cameras rather conveniently filming the pair as they ironed out any differences in public.
Hug it out guys, hug it out pic.twitter.com/3q0FIdBLcm
— Bears Talk (@NBCSBears) September 21, 2023
Look, Fields’ comment was probably overblown. I don’t think he was actually ripping Getsy or the other Bears’ offensive coaches. He was just being candid about why he’s personally struggling while taking accountability for himself. That said, I don’t remotely buy that everything has been smoothed out between Fields and Getsy.
In the kind of tailspin the Bears are currently having, there’s simply no way there isn’t some kind of disconnect between quarterback and coordinator.
This was how Twitter reacted to the Fields-Getsy hug
Well played. https://t.co/9ME4GHlKUy
— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) September 21, 2023
It's like when Dwight Howard demanded a trade then went to SVG's presser the next day or whatever https://t.co/kCG7FhAkJ0
— Cashman’s Burner (@Mark_Trova) September 21, 2023
Alright the Bears are winning Sunday https://t.co/ZYy7kWlD3r
— Kevin Lapka (@kevcharles112) September 21, 2023
When you definitely didn't blame your coaches for being bad at football https://t.co/i59tu8tZHW
— Tyler Kirk (@TylerIanKirk) September 21, 2023
They can hug all they want… still a cooked product https://t.co/XCbvNhoQNu
— Kirk (@kirkgwong) September 21, 2023
Tremendous. https://t.co/JLRKUJIsrr
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 21, 2023
We’re all a happy family again 😄 https://t.co/A02NbSKeMF
— Faizan Qurashi (@FaizanQurashi) September 21, 2023
https://t.co/TnaNzARDEL pic.twitter.com/OLIyK6Lpxc
— NFL Fashion Advice (@fashion_nfl) September 21, 2023
https://t.co/PQHhQKHt6m pic.twitter.com/ujznR1crbw
— Posa. wishes CFB loved him back. (@justposa) September 21, 2023
