Justin Fields seems good
A Bear made history (technically) in something good!
The NFL has been a thing for 102 years, and if you didn’t know that, just ask Vags McCaskey things were like before it existed. Anyway, when a player sets an all-time record, it’s a big deal, but when it’s an all-time rushing record it’s a really big deal because for like the first 60 years, rushing is basically all they did.
Justin Fields set an NFL record yesterday for rushing yards in a game by a quarterback with 178. That’s more than Michael Vick, Randall Cunningham, Steve Young, Lamar Jackson, Cam Newton1, Fran Tarkenton, Kordell Stewart, Billy Joe Hobert…you know, all the greats.
Oh, but it’s not the most any quarterback has ever had in a game because Colin Kaepernick had 181 in a playoff game against the Packers in 2013. Why isn’t that the record? It it the whole national anthem thing? No, I know, it’s because playoff games are their own special thing. Whatever, it’s dumb. Besides Fields will just break that eventually, anyway.
Justin also had a very productive day passing. He was 17-28 for 123 yards, and three. Two of the touchdowns were…wait until you hear this, you aren’t going to believe it…to Cole Kmet!
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