Justin Fields and the Bears took what should have been an easy game and tried to turn it into a nail-biter.
The Bears Christmas gift to their fans was an unsightly, uninspiring 27-16 win over the Cardinals — a team that can’t do hardly anything right and has won three games all season. At least it’s better than socks, maybe.
Fields missed a huge opportunity to pile up numbers against an absolutely awful Arizona defense.
But ultimately, his middling performance looked familiar. Fields completed 15 of 27 passes for 170 yards with a touchdown pass and an interception in the end zone for a 71.5 passer rating. He also ran nine times for 97 yards and a touchdown, which was fantastic, but this season has been all about him proving himself as a passer.
“Definitely gotta work on sustaining that firepower,” Fields said. “We came out, 21 points, boom. We’ve gotta keep doing that.”
