Post by JABF on Oct 6, 2021 20:21:08 GMT -6
This is an outstanding article on how this all went down. Dalton was pure class with how he handled it. Apparently, Nagy did not want to just hand the starting job to Fields. He wanted him to earn it. It sounds like Fields has worked crazy hard since day-1, just grinding every day to get better. When his parents wanted to go out to celebrate his promotion last night he declined. Said he wanted to work on viewing the film for the upcoming game. I love the attitude. I love the work ethic.
Nobody "crowned" this kid. As Nagy said, ‘He’s earned it. He’s worked hard.’
LINK (it is a great read... check out the link)
Chicago Bears name Justin Fields the starting quarterback moving forward: ‘He’s earned it. He’s worked hard.’
Justin Fields’ parents wanted to celebrate Tuesday night.
Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy had informed the rookie following afternoon meetings that he would be the team’s starting quarterback moving forward, reversing course from his months-long mantra that Andy Dalton was QB1.
The Fields family decided it was cause for a dinner out, to which the first-round pick responded, “Nah, I’m cool.”
“Because I’m trying to win this weekend,” Fields said Wednesday. “Of course, there’s some reason to celebrate, but I’m not just going to be complacent with where I’m at. I’m going to continue to grow, continue to get better and just try to work hard each and every day to get good wins on Sundays.”
And so Fields took the next step to being the Bears franchise quarterback by spending the night at home watching film with his dog, Uno, while his parents went out...
... conversations among Nagy and his staff in the 36 hours after that statement — and Fields’ body of work in practices and games since being drafted No. 11 on April 29 — led to the decision that Fields was ready to take over the starting role for good.
“Not just the last week or two, this whole entire time we’ve see incremental growth,” Nagy said. “This isn’t something that happened just right away. He’s earned it. He’s worked hard. There’s a lot of discussions that go into this.”
Chicago Bears name Justin Fields the starting quarterback moving forward: ‘He’s earned it. He’s worked hard.’
Justin Fields’ parents wanted to celebrate Tuesday night.
Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy had informed the rookie following afternoon meetings that he would be the team’s starting quarterback moving forward, reversing course from his months-long mantra that Andy Dalton was QB1.
The Fields family decided it was cause for a dinner out, to which the first-round pick responded, “Nah, I’m cool.”
“Because I’m trying to win this weekend,” Fields said Wednesday. “Of course, there’s some reason to celebrate, but I’m not just going to be complacent with where I’m at. I’m going to continue to grow, continue to get better and just try to work hard each and every day to get good wins on Sundays.”
And so Fields took the next step to being the Bears franchise quarterback by spending the night at home watching film with his dog, Uno, while his parents went out...
... conversations among Nagy and his staff in the 36 hours after that statement — and Fields’ body of work in practices and games since being drafted No. 11 on April 29 — led to the decision that Fields was ready to take over the starting role for good.
“Not just the last week or two, this whole entire time we’ve see incremental growth,” Nagy said. “This isn’t something that happened just right away. He’s earned it. He’s worked hard. There’s a lot of discussions that go into this.”