Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields tries to clarify postgame remark

LAKE FOREST, In poor health. — In the course of his weekly media availability, Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields pivoted whereas answering a query to deal with feedback he made following a 27-10 loss to the Inexperienced Bay Packers that he was criticized for on social media.

When requested Sunday whether or not the loss to the Packers damage extra due to the Bears’ historical past with their NFC North counterparts and the way a lot followers wished to even out the lopsided rivalry, Fields responded, “Yeah. It hurts extra within the locker room than the Bears followers. On the finish of the day, they are not placing in any work. I see the fellows within the locker room every single day. I see how a lot work they put in. Popping out of a disappointing loss like this, it hurts.”

A video of these feedback that didn’t comprise the query that was offered to Fields circulated on Twitter and was delivered to the quarterback’s consideration when he began receiving notifications for posts he was tagged in.

On Wednesday, Fields aimed to make clear what he meant in his postgame feedback.

“Yeah, I used to be mad after the sport. I might like to deal with this now to get all the pieces cleared up,” Fields stated. “There was a factor I stated on Sunday after the sport the place I stated the followers do not put in work. First off, I used to be pissed off after the sport. Primary, I did not need to discuss to you guys. I wasn’t within the temper to return and discuss to you guys. So, I ought to’ve performed a greater job of explaining what I meant by that.

“What I meant by that’s I am speaking about work concerning the sport on Sunday, successful the sport. I do not know any followers. I do not know what they’re doing of their private lives. I respect each fan that we have now. I am glad that we have now followers. I might by no means disrespect anyone on what they do or what they like to do. It got here off like that. Some social media shops, they quoted my quote and so they bought an enormous buzz out of it. So, in fact they did an amazing job doing that. After all social media goes to do this. However I simply wished to clear that up.”

Fields stated he turned the backlash he acquired right into a teachable second.

“I talked to my dad about it, and so long as I will be on this place there’s going to be stuff like that that pops up, so simply figuring out that so long as I am on this occupation that it is by no means going to go away, so simply bought to both be actually clear to all the pieces that I say, be actually descriptive to what I imply, or actually simply do not say something in any respect,” he stated.

Chicago’s offensive sport plan and lack of a passing assault has been a much bigger subject of dialog than Fields’ feedback from Inexperienced Bay. The quarterback had 48 web passing yards in Week 2 after throwing the ball simply 11 occasions, one thing coach Matt Eberflus known as a priority, however is not nervous about guarding in opposition to forcing go performs to attain a extra balanced method.

“You need to see stability,” Eberflus stated. “I do not assume that is actually a drive problem. That is what we have to have. We have to have stability in your offense, within the run/go calls, and we’ll get that.”

Fields stated Wednesday that the Bears have “full belief” in offensive coordinator Luke Getsy’s sport plan, and that his lack of makes an attempt weren’t bothersome.

“Like I stated about Darnell [Mooney] on Sunday, if he caught zero passes and received the sport, he would not have any drawback,” Fields stated. “If I threw zero passes and we received the sport, I would not have any issues. Our objective as a workforce, as an offense is to win video games. No one’s taking a look at what number of passes did I’ve, what number of yards did I’ve. We’re simply all attempting to win the sport.”

Fields stated he modified up his total routine following the loss, which incorporates waking an hour earlier to permit himself extra time to organize for Chicago’s Week 3 opponent, the Houston Texans. Whereas the social media stir was a nuisance he felt he wanted to clear up, the quarterback make clear desirous to share extra of his persona as essentially the most front-facing participant on the Bears’ roster.

“I believe I am simply type of testing the waters somewhat bit,” Fields stated. “I need to present you guys extra persona. I do not need to be a robotic up right here so on the identical time I simply must be extra descriptive of my phrases and actually simply describe on what I am attempting to say …

“I may very well be up right here and be like, ‘sure, we will do that and that’ and simply be a robotic. However I attempt to present my persona to the world, attempt to present my persona to you guys, to indicate that I’m an actual individual and sure, I do make errors. However sure, I am simply discovering a great stability.”