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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Rick Morrissey

Welcome to Bears training camp, brought to you by Justin Fields

Bears quarterback Justin Fields is seen during warmups before a game against the Vikings at Soldier Field last season. Minnesota won 17-9. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Justin Fields regularly trends on Twitter. Doesn’t matter if the Bears are in hibernation. Doesn’t matter if a scientist has come up with a cure for cancer. The Bears quarterback is always there, like your conscience. I’ll ask myself, “It’s March, the season is months away and what could people possibly be saying about him?’’

Silly me. There’s always something to be said about Fields even when there really isn’t. Undeterred by his rocky rookie season, Bears fans have kept up a tidal wave of love for the kid. It will carry him to the start of training camp Tuesday. On social media, the reason to talk about him can come from any number of inspirations — video of a perfect, 15-yard minicamp pass that launches a thousand odes. An expert’s quarterback ranking that outrageously libels Our Man. A report that shows Fields’ jersey as one of the top sellers in the NFL.

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