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Paul Sullivan: Crisis-management season arrives earlier than usual for the woeful Bears

CHICAGO — Nothing darkens the mood of Chicagoans more than a bad Bears team with an ineffective quarterback. And only two games into the 2023 season, both quandaries threaten to ruin our fall. Justin Fields, the latest and most likable quarterback the organization has thrown at us in several decades, has failed to show signs of progress at the outset of his third season, prompting questions of ...
Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields looks before making a pass during the third quarter against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium on Sept. 17, 2023, in Tampa, Florida.

CHICAGO — Nothing darkens the mood of Chicagoans more than a bad Bears team with an ineffective quarterback.

And only two games into the 2023 season, both quandaries threaten to ruin our fall.

Justin Fields, the latest and most likable quarterback the organization has thrown at us in several decades, has failed to show signs of progress at the outset of his third season, prompting questions of whether he’ll wind up as another flop in a long list of Bears QB mistakes.

But now it’s what Fields said, and not what he does, that has the Bears in crisis-management mode and their fans in an uproar.

It’s said that the two most important people in Chicago are the mayor and the Bears starting quarterback. One is elected, so we’re stuck with

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