Former Ohio State HC Urban Meyer insinuates that Justin Fields is on a 'bad team'
It's been a somewhat controversial week for Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields, so why not throw Urban Meyer into the mix? Meyer, who has been the head coach at Florida and Ohio State, as well as the Jacksonville Jaguars, appeared to throw some subtle shade at the Bears this week while discussing Fields on the […]
It's been a somewhat controversial week for Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields, so why not throw Urban Meyer into the mix?
Meyer, who has been the head coach at Florida and Ohio State, as well as the Jacksonville Jaguars, appeared to throw some subtle shade at the Bears this week while discussing Fields on the "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich" podcast.
In case you somehow missed it (it's been a wild week for the Bears as a franchise), Fields appeared to blame Chicago's coaching staff for his "robotic" play over the first two weeks of the season.
Fields later walked back the comments, but the damage was pretty much done by that point.
Meyer, who resigned as the Buckeyes' head coach around the same time that Fields announced his intention to transfer from Georgia to Ohio State (in late 2018), offered a strong endorsement of the third-year Bears quarterback during his interview with Dakich.
The former Ohio State head coach also seemed to insinuate that Fields is in a situation where he's playing for a bad team like former NFL quarterback Alex Smith was at one point in the NFL (Smith, who played for Meyer at Utah in the early 2000s, was in a tough situation early in his career with the San Francisco 49ers).
"Don't bail on Justin Fields," said Meyer during the interview. "Justin Fields is going to be like Alex Smith…Alex Smith got caught on a really bad team. Alex Smith got caught in [a situation where] they were last in defense, last in special teams, last in offense. And it was Alex Smith's fault? No it's not. Justin Fields, just keep staying in there with him."
Meyer didn't come out and say it, but it certainly seems like he's suggesting that Fields' problems have more to do with the Bears than his abilities as a quarterback.
Whether or not that's fair remains to be seen — it's probably best to let this season play out before making too many judgements on Fields or the Bears — but it's definitely a strong take from a coach who isn't afraid to start a little drama.
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