Jalen Hurts reset the QB market with his huge contract extension, and the price for NFL QBs will only continue to go up.
Of course, there’s still the issue of keeping Fields upright. Last season, Fields was sacked an NFL-high 55 times. Some of that can be explained by Fields holding onto the ball in the hopes of extending the play, but in many cases it was because of leaky protection up front. The Bears have started to address this problem by signing right guard Nate Davis. The plan is to move Teven Jenkins to left guard, and hope he’s just as good there as he was on the right side last season.
After last season, Matt Eberflus conceded that while coaches were able to evaluate some things in Justin’s game, other areas earned an incomplete grade. That can’t happen again this year. Financially speaking, it’s in the Bears’ best interests to figure out this year whether or not Fields is their franchise quarterback. If/when they do, they should pay him right away. We know that both the ceiling and the floor for quarterback contracts have continued to rise, and there’s no reason to believe that will change. The NFL runs through its QBs and will do so for the foreseeable future, so they’ll continue to earn top dollar.
What does this mean for Fields? Obviously if he follows in Hurts’ footsteps and leads the Bears to the Super Bowl with DJ Moore playing the role of A.J. Brown, he’s in line for a huge pay day. But that’s an unfair expectation, since the Eagles were set up to compete more readily than these Bears. Philadelphia had one of the best defenses in the league last year, and the Bears had one of the worst. But Fields really doesn’t need to lead the Bears to a Super Bowl.
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