LAKE FOREST, In poor health. — One of many first issues head coach Matt Eberflus did after the Bears’ 30-12 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday was reward injured quarterback Justin Fields for his assist each in-game and through the week.
With Fields out with a dislocated proper thumb, undrafted rookie Tyson Bagent began and performed effectively within the win. Bagent went 21-for-29 for 162 yards and one landing within the win.
Bagent praised Fields within the week main as much as the Raiders recreation for his assist making ready him, and that help continued on Sunday as Fields performed the function of assistant coach through the win over the Raiders.
“He was superior. He was superior,” quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko stated Thursday. “Put the TV copy on and you’ll see these two on the bench and so they did not miss a factor. Justin was coming as much as me, ‘Hey, check out this.’ Going as much as [offensive coordinator Luke Getsy], ‘Hey, we obtained this.’ He was an integral a part of that win.”
Whereas the Bears preserve that Fields is “on observe” in his restoration, the third-year quarterback is “uncertain” to play Sunday when the Bears go to the Los Angeles Chargers on “Sunday Evening Soccer.” With Fields nonetheless sidelined, Bagent will make his second profession begin in Los Angeles.
Fields is working laborious with the Bears’ coaching employees to attempt to get again for the Week 9 journey to New Orleans. Whereas rehab is Fields’ major focus, the Bears’ beginning quarterback has performed a crucial function throughout follow because the staff preps for the Chargers.
“You possibly can say no matter you need about him, however he’s a lot enjoyable to be round,” Janocko stated. “All the pieces he does is working to get again. It kills him that he isn’t on the market. It hurts that he isn’t on the market.
“On the similar time, he has been above and past supportive — above and past what we might ever ask from him in that specific function, serving to this staff win. He cares about Tyson, and he additionally cares in regards to the guys which can be going on the market taking part in that he isn’t with. He takes an us mentality each day. To his rehab but additionally to how he is serving to the fellows put together. Out at follow, he is grabbing guys — he is obtained the script in his hand, and he is grabbing guys, ‘Hey, do that. Hey, do this.’ At present, there was one [play] in follow the place he noticed it and was pointing it out, and you might see the throw being made and he is already pointing it out. Like right here it is coming.”
Bagent has praised Fields as a pacesetter by instance for the reason that rookie arrived within the spring. The Division II product is aware of he has a worthwhile useful resource in Fields — one he’ll faucet into as a lot as attainable whereas he is steering the ship.
“He informed me something I would like, don’t hesitate to ask him,” Bagetn stated. “And I haven’t, and I believe that’s gonna serve the staff effectively.”
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