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Bears and QB Justin Fields look to better handle Vikings pressure in rematch

Minnesota Vikings linebacker D.J. Wonnum sacks Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields in the first quarter at Soldier Field on Oct. 15, 2023, in Chicago.

CHICAGO — The play happened 5 1/2 weeks ago, but Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields still can recite the details and his thought process all the way up through D.J. Wonnum crunching him to the Soldier Field grass.

It was, after all, just two starts ago for Fields.

With a free rusher, Wonnum, to his left on the first play of the Bears-Minnesota Vikings game on Oct. 15, Fields needed to drift to his right and get the ball out quickly to fullback Khari Blasingame. But in the second before Wonnum got to him, Fields worried that a Vikings cornerback was sitting on the route — not expecting Blasingame to go

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