3 moves the Chicago Bears must make this offseason for Justin Fields

The Chicago Bears witnessed the importance of the quarterback position on Sunday as they watched the Super Bowl matchup between the Las Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals. Both the Rams and Bengals have a franchise quarterback in the form of Matt Stafford and Joe Burrow respectively and that is further confirmation that the team must have a franchise quarterback in order to be a contender in the modern era of the National Football League.

The importance of the quarterback position was not lost upon the Bears last off-season as they traded up in the 2021 NFL Draft to select quarterback Justin Fields with the 11th overall selection in the first round. With the selection of Fields, the Bears are confident that they have identified the first franchise quarterback fo the organization since the days of Sid Luckman.

Unfortunately, the 2021 season was a warning for the Bears. A warning that the team must operate in a mindset that every move should be valued based on the impact that it has on Fields. Almost all of the decisions that the Bears made during the 2021 season had a negative impact on Fields. Between Fields not being named the starting quarterback; Fields being named the scout team quarterback in practice; and, former head coach Matt Nagy failing to develop an offensive game-plan that caters to Fields’ strengths, there is no question that the Bears rookie quarterback was put in a position to fail.

Super Bowl LVI was confirmation that the Chicago Bears need to make moves this off-season to put Justin Fields in a position to succeed.

With Ryan Poles now in place as the team’s general manager and Matt Eberflus now in place as the team’s head coach,  these are the moves that the Chicago Bears need to make this off-season in order put Fields in the best position to succeed in his second season.