… Seventeen plays, it’s hard to get in a rhythm, and it starts with that first drive. “I think we had 17 plays before the two-minute warning. “They’re a good defense and they’re going to present different things to us,” Nagy said.
The Ravens had 40 offensive plays to the Bears’ 23 in the first half and possessed the football for more than 10 minutes longer than the Bears as they took a 6-0 halftime lead. Another ended when Bowser had a strip-sack of Fields and Ravens defensive end Calais Campbell recovered at the Baltimore 34-yard line. One of the Bears’ four first-half drives ended on Cairo Santos’ missed 40-yard field goal. And that’s, I feel like, what I’ve done.”ĭalton had more success than Fields did Sunday.Īfter Fields’ play in the fourth quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers two weeks ago had fans and media buzzing with excitement, he came out of the bye week and completed just 4 of 11 passes for 79 yards, had four carries for 23 yards and lost a fumble. Being the good teammate, being a guy in the locker room that guys can lean on and staying ready for the next opportunity. I knew that God had me here in Chicago for a reason.
“There’s a lot that’s gone on from starting the year to the injury to not playing, and it’s one of those things - I lean on my faith.
“I’ve been through a lot,” Dalton said after the game Sunday in his first public comments since losing his job to Fields. Nagy named Fields the starter, and Dalton had played only one other series against the Las Vegas Raiders when Fields was briefly injured. After a rocky first start against the Cleveland Browns, Fields played well enough in the Bears’ first meeting with the Lions that Nagy abandoned his plan to have Fields learn behind Dalton. The 11th-year NFL veteran lost his job to Fields earlier this season when he suffered a bone bruise in his left knee in Week 2. Fields walked to the sideline and spent a couple of minutes talking with Bears training staff before heading into the injury tent and then the locker room.Īndy Dalton, who had taken three offensive snaps in the Bears’ previous seven games, took over in the second half and would start against the Lions if Fields can’t go. Ravens linebacker Tyus Bowser hit Fields and then pulled him down by his leg. “Just a little bruised rib, right? No broken?” Kelley said in the video.įox Sports’ Jay Glazer reported that Fields was getting his spleen checked in addition to his ribs, according to a tweet by NFL reporter Chris Mortensen.įields’ final play was a 6-yard run with 12:12 to play in the third quarter.
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