When you go 6 of 20 for 68 yards and get sacked nine times, there will be a ton of think pieces and hot takes that are fired your way in the days following.
Justin Fields is finding that out the hard way after his atrocious game against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. It was afternoon to forget during a 26-6 loss.
On Thursday’s episode of Get Up, ESPN analyst Louis Riddick called for the rookie QB to be benched.
“This team is just not set up for a young quarterback,” Riddick said. “As far he’s concerned, he needs to stay on the bench and really sit and learn.”
Bears head coach Matt Nagy has yet to announce the starting QB for this Sunday.
“The best part of the last 48 to 72 hours is we’ve had some amazing, healthy conversations between coaches and coaches, between coaches and players, players and players, players and coaches,” Nagy said, via the Chicago Tribune.