Justin Fields shouldn’t play for the Chicago Bears if he is hurt

The Chicago Bears are a bad football team with a great quarterback in development. Justin Fields has made things exciting for Bears fans all season long despite the fact that most of the games end in a loss. It is clear that big things are coming for this franchise.

Unfortunately, he gets hit a lot because the offensive line is terrible. He also puts himself in a position to be hit from time to time but that comes with the territory of his style of play. These are things that will improve over time as he learns the NFL game.

Right now, he is dealing with an injury. His nonthrowing shoulder was separated and he left last week’s contest via a cart. That is always going to be something that scares any Bears fan as he is the most important player in the entire organization.

Fields is day-to-day with this injury and his status for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets remains unknown. He very well could play but it also wouldn’t surprise anyone if he didn’t.

To be honest, he should not be playing if he is even slightly injured. It would be nice to see him go but this game against the New York Jets is irrelevant. If anything, it would be better to lose to continue tanking their own draft stock.

The Chicago Bears should keep Justin Fields out if he isn’t healthy enough.

There isn’t even going to be the Justin Fields vs Zach Wilson storyline because of the fact that he was benched despite his 5-2 record. Fields doesn’t need to get into this game if his injury is even slightly painful.

If this was in the middle of a division race and it was this same shoulder on his non-throwing hand, that would be one thing. However, they aren’t even coming close to the playoffs and they should want a higher draft pick.

It might even be smart to rest him against the Green Bay Packers in the following game too because the bye week is right after that.

This way he would have three weeks to rest his shoulder so he could try to come back and finish strong. Regardless of the future plans right now, he should sit if he is even slightly uncomfortable. If he is 100 percent fine, then he can play.