{"id":134586,"date":"2022-08-05T16:46:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T20:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=134586"},"modified":"2022-08-05T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T20:46:19","slug":"justin-fields-chicago-bears-offense-have-best-day-of-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/08\/05\/justin-fields-chicago-bears-offense-have-best-day-of-training-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Fields, Chicago Bears Offense Have Best Day of Training Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally! With fans in attendance on Friday, the Chicago Bears offense put together what was arguably its most complete practice to date. The defense has been leading the way<\/a> for much of camp. Rookies Jaquan Brisker and Kyler Gordon (who did not practice on Friday) have been the early standouts in the re-tooled secondary.<\/p>\n

But Friday saw a different crispness in the execution of the offense that, when combined with the other things we have seen, gives a glimmer of hope that this scheme will (eventually) work.<\/p>\n

Offense Joins the Party and Bears Training Camp<\/h2>\n

Progression Over Perfection<\/h3>\n

The message on Fields<\/a> when camp opened was that the second-year passer had better command of the huddle and more confidence. Being the clear-cut starter, as many have pointed out, has gone a long way toward Fields\u2019 development in that regard. Wide receiver Darnell Mooney<\/a> said one big difference with Fields not having to relay second-hand information.<\/p>\n

OTAs and minicamps aside, we have all been waiting to be able to say \u201cthere\u2019s QB1\u201d after an awe-inspiring play.<\/p>\n

The problem is they have to actually occur first.<\/p>\n

It is admittedly hard to determine just how successful they have been going against themselves with very little live tackling even allowed. But offensive coordinator Luke Getsy<\/a> said on Friday that he likes where the offense is at this point.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel pretty good where we\u2019re at right now. We\u2019re still in the middle of the installation phase, we\u2019re almost to the end of it. So I feel pretty good about where we\u2019re at. These last few practices have been awesome because we\u2019ve done a lot more not-scripted practices\u2026with a young team, we can\u2019t do [situational] stuff enough. All of our operational staff has to improve. But I feel pretty good about where we’re at right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fields\u2019 progress through the last two weeks of camp has not been linear. He has missed what appear to be some makeable throws and been late on several others.<\/p>\n

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The Peanut Gallery<\/h3>\n

Backup quarterback Trevor Siemian<\/a> said people are \u201coverreacting to practice reps\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cFootball is meant to be played with pads on\u2026it\u2019s a violent, physical game. So we\u2019ll see what we got here the next two weeks going forward getting into some real competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

I asked Siemian what kind of things he\u2019s done to help Fields, whom he said has \u201cgreat resolve\u201d while trying to digest the playbook himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just trying to be a good resource for him. [I\u2019ve] played a little longer than he has. Probably, he does some things that I can\u2019t do\u2026but when he\u2019s got questions or just one thing here or there, I try to step up and give it to him. But he\u2019s a sharp guy, man. He picks up things. Rarely makes the same mistake twice.\u201d<\/p>\n

To Siemian\u2019s last point, Fields was better throwing to his left on Wednesday and much better during Friday\u2019s practice hitting several such passes down the field to Mooney and third-year tight end Cole Kmet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Threading the needle \ud83e\udea1 pic.twitter.com\/WGSy68thPY<\/a><\/p>\n

— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n