Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields said his grip strength is not all the way back and there was still a bit of pain in his right hand.
Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields practiced Friday afternoon for the first time since dislocating his thumb on his right throwing hand during the Oct. 15 game against the Minnesota Vikings. In the portion of practice open to the media at Halas Hall, Fields stretched with teammates and then took warmup throws to receivers while standing alongside practice-squad quarterback Trace McSorley.
” Speaking to reporters for the first time since the injury, Fields said his thumb didn’t hurt that badly when his hand hit the Soldier Field grass on a third-quarter Vikings sack. Then he saw what the injury looked like. “I looked at my thumb and it just looked crazy,” Fields said. “Kind of when you look at something and you see your thumb in a position that it’s not supposed to be in.
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