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Michael Vick reacts to Bears QB Justin Fields breaking his NFL record: ‘The next generation doing it just a little bit better’

CHICAGO — Michael Vick was on an airplane Sunday afternoon when he got a text message from a friend and learned he was trending on Twitter. That’s when Vick discovered that, along with racing past Miami Dolphins defenders at Soldier Field, Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields was sprinting past Vick in the NFL record book. Fields ran for 178 yards in the 35-32 loss to the Dolphins, the most ...
Bears quarterback Justin Fields runs for a 61- yard touchdown in the third quarter against the Dolphins on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, at Soldier Field.

CHICAGO — Michael Vick was on an airplane Sunday afternoon when he got a text message from a friend and learned he was trending on Twitter.

That’s when Vick discovered that, along with racing past Miami Dolphins defenders at Soldier Field, Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields was sprinting past Vick in the NFL record book.

Fields ran for 178 yards in the 35-32 loss to the Dolphins, the most in a regular-season game by a quarterback, eclipsing Vick’s mark of 173 set in Week 13 of the 2002 season in an Atlanta Falcons victory at Minnesota.

The San Francisco 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick rushed for 181 yards in a 2013 playoff game. The NFL differentiates between regular-season and postseason

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