The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

Guess who Anthony Herron is blaming for fan dissatisfaction with Fields?

Mitch (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky

He says that fans are overreacting to Fields' struggles because they have been left with QB fatigue due to (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky's failure.

Sorry, "Big Ant," but fans are fed up with Fields because he has been historically bad and has seemingly regressed since his rookie season.

You cannot succeed in the NFL if you cannot throw inside slants. You cannot succeed in the NFL if you cannot throw screen or swing passes. You cannot succeed in the NFL if you cannot move up in the pocket. You cannot succeed in the NFL if you cannot feel the pass rush. You cannot succeed in the NFL if you cannot spot receivers breaking open all over the field. You cannot succeed in the NFL if you spend your offseason practicing bombs to Mooney when you struggle to complete passes traveling less than 10 yards in the air. You cannot succeed in the NFL if you freeze every time you are blitzed. You cannot succeed in the NFL if you have no instincts for the game.

Big Ant is a fucking joke.

I guess that I watched a different quarterback for the Bear's team than you did because everything that you just criticized Fileds for was what I saw happening in this game. Saying that Fields has "no instincts for the game" is ridiculous. I watched a quarterback improving on every aspect of the game and a team which rallied to pretty much deserve a win today. Good enough for me.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Its almost like we didnt watch the bad quarterback prior to this bad quarterback have an occasional decent game over 3 years and still be a bad quarterback .

Most gave the other guy around two years. Some seem inclined to give him two centuries. You've given Fields two quarters.

It’s funny because the people that think he’s going to be great are the ones basing it on about 2 quarters of football and not the other 40 where he’s sucked.

I personally don't have an opinion...yet. Leaning slightly on the negative side. I acknowledge others are treating this guy like he's Neo from the Matrix. Dan Parkins most annoyingly so.

I don’t know if it’s just a Chicago thing or if fan bases and media in other cities do the same, but the excuses that we hear for Fields are the exact same ones we heard all during the Cutler era and all during the Mitch era instead of admitting that maybe they’re just not good.

Cutler was probably the city's best QB. Low bar, I know.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Most gave the other guy around two years. Some seem inclined to give him two centuries. You've given Fields two quarters.

Cutler was probably the city's best QB. Low bar, I know.

Even worse for you, it is Mitchell (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky.

(Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky was really good in year 2. If he played like that every year he'd be the best Bears QB of all time.

I am enjoying the "Justin Fields is Josh Allen" argument that people are making now.

Fields slightly outperformed Bailey Zappe yesterday. Let us rejoice!

Let's hear your case. I don't see how it could be (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky since he was run out of town after three years of starting.

We aren't looking at the stats. We just want to see fundamental improvement. We saw that yesterday. Hopefully, it will continue on Thursday.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Who's "we"?

When you've hit bottom, the only way to go is up.

Bears fans. All we have is hope and faith. The occasional playoff season refills our cups.

He was run out of town because he wasn't close to Mahomes or Masseuse. Pretty much whatever metric you want to use, he's better than Cutler was in Chicago. By now, I would have thought a guy like you would have peaked at the actual statistics.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

This is a fascinating discussion. I'm hoping you'll follow it up with a debate about the merits of poison ivy relative to poison oak.

He was run out of town because he wasn't close to Mahomes or Masseuse. Pretty much whatever metric you want to use, he's better than Cutler was in Chicago. By now, I would have thought a guy like you would have peaked at the actual statistics.

4. Mitch (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky
Bears TD points: 43 (64, 3rd)
Bears wins points: 29
Career AV points: 30 (so far)
Bonus points: 10 (5 for his Pro Bowl, double for doing it on the Bears)
Total: 112
(Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky’s Bears career will be remembered as a failure. Chicago had the second pick in the 2017 draft and famously took (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky over Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson, even though (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky seemed like the worst prospect of the three and certainly became the worst NFL player of the three. Over four seasons in Chicago, he never cracked the top 10 in any positive passing category, and led an offense that ranked among the bottom five in points scored twice. His greatest career achievement was probably being named “NVP” of last season’s wild-card loss to the Saints after Nickelodeon’s online fan vote was hijacked by people who thought it’d be funny to give the losing QB a slime bath. (Unfortunately, (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky did not receive a slime bath.)

And yet, (Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky is easily one of the most prolific passers in Bears history. He is fifth all time in QB wins (29) and touchdown passes (64); he has the highest passer rating (87.2) of anybody to start more than 10 games for the franchise. He is the only Bears quarterback to make a Pro Bowl in the past 30 years. And he would’ve won a playoff game if not for the Double Doink.

(Pro Bowl QB) Trubisky is so supremely frustrating for Bears fans not only because he represents a wasted opportunity for the franchise, but also because he was better than almost everyone else who has quarterbacked for Chicago over the past three decades. If only he had learned to throw left.


1. Jay Cutler
Bears TD points: 45 (154, 1st)
Bears wins points: 51
Career AV points: 44
Bonus points: 20 (5 for his Pro Bowl, 5 each for his Bears franchise records in passing yards, touchdowns, and wins)
Total: 160
It had to be Jay, didn’t it? Cutler was the embodiment of an average quarterback during his tenure in Chicago, with an occasional tendency to lead the NFL in interceptions. The Bears went exactly 51-51 in his 102 starts—52-52 including the playoffs. His career peaked before he even got to the team, as his lone Pro Bowl appearance and lone 4,000-yard season came during his final year with the Broncos.

But on Bears Mountain, being an average QB makes you a giant. He is Chicago’s all-time leader in touchdown passes (154), passing yards (23,443), and career wins. For a franchise perpetually mired in hideous battles between has-beens, journeymen, and future busts, Cutler started in Chicago for nearly a decade.

Cutler is inarguably the greatest Bears quarterback since their last Super Bowl appearance. That says more about the Bears than it does about Cutler. This is the bar that Justin Fields has to clear. I think he can do it.

You think that’s a good throw ? He’s wide fucking open and the throw is over his head ?