What's wild is y'all comparing Caleb's college stats to Justin's NFL stats. If you really want to be fair, compare both their college stats. In college, Justin had only 9 interceptions, coupled with 67 touchdowns in the big ten where they play defense unlike the pac 12 where nobody plays D

I don’t care if Chicago start winning at the end of the season, they suck. But if Pittsburgh start winning at the end of the season, they don’t suck. What a POS double standard.

This Fields slander is outrageous at this point. Folks want to bring up these cherry picked stats but can’t name a qb that’s had to deal with subpar coaching, oline, receivers, and defense until the sweat trade at the same time and produced at a high level and won more games than lost. Which is why they should keep him, draft MHJ, and build the team.

I'm a Packers fan and I can tell you Fields has scary potential and has shown real flashes. If you get rid of him, you will be laughing stocks when a team like Washington or Atlanta succeeds with him.

Franchises expect every QB to be Mahomes right away and they don’t have the situations Mahomes got drafted into. Bears should stick with Fields. Draft Marvin Harrison Jr.

Why are people talking about WIN/LOSS record when they KNOW Justin wasted a year with Nagy and spent the first year with Flus ACTIVELY TANKING for at least half the season??? Oh....and why are we comparing Justin's NFL stats to Caleb's COLLEGE stats instead of comparing Justin in COLLEGE to Caleb in college because Justin was BETTER than Caleb IN COLLEGE ??. 😢

They're relevant because of their defense. It's much improved. They did suck, they don't now. Progression happens. Watch a game.

Teams who would love to have Justin Fields could be responsible for the irrational blown out proportion negative comments on his performance at quarterback, to date, and the projections on how much better Caleb Williams is, and how great Caleb Williams will be. Their motive being to convince the Bears to move on from him so that they have a shot at trading for him and for little of nothing in return.

I'm tired of comparing NFL stats with College stats, let's compare after Calab has been drafted and played a year and see how he does. Apples to apples my brother, not Apples to Kumquats

I can’t lie this kind of talk about justin fields grosses me out. Dude had a horrible team his first year and outpreformed every expectation. This year he has a similar team with a slight upgraded defense and an upgraded wr 1. Every game he’s been healthy that offense has performed. If you actually watch Justin fields you’ll realize the hate around this man isn’t even close to justify. This is a perfect example of lazy reporting. You say take the one that’s better between Caleb and fields and Stephen A brings up only statics to back his statement. Idk if Caleb is better than Fields. No one does but as a reporter you should bring more evidence to your argument than just stats. Especially with Justin Fields cause stats truly don’t tell the whole story in his situation.

And by the way Stephen A. Jim McMahon was a really average qb, he won because he played for the best team in nfl history hands down the Bears in 85" and was actually a backup the majority of his career, let McMahon played for the Bears in a another decade he wouldn't have won sh.t Anybody that really knows about playing qb would not take McMahon over Justin Fields, or a highly skilled passer in Jay Cutler who so far at this point is really the Bears best qb ever right now, but I see Justin Fields now becoming the Bears best QB in team history

Why is there such a need to break this young man down so bad whether he is a great quarterback or not why is under so much more scrutiny than other quarterbacks it’s like they take pleasure in trying to break this young man’s spirit

Bears in a sticky situation cause with fields you’re not sure and Caleb doesn’t really look like he’s built for Chicago.

It's funny how folks in the media saying the Bears should ger rid of Justin Fields but then mention teams like the Falcons, Steelers, and Raiders and say they should trade to get him?

Caleb Williams is 2- 7 Against Top 25 teams in his college career. Caleb threw just 6 TDs and 6 inteceptions in those 9 games. His passing percent was just 50%. His replacement threw 6 TDs Against the 21st best defense in the country. Maybe Caleb's Stats are Fool's Gold.

His 4th quarter numbers are like that cause coaching they get complacent the bears should of been a 10 win team if coaching wasn’t so bad

His teammates love him, and intangibles are off the charts. True leader Trade back for 3 firsts

How can we compare Justin fields(NFL) experience to Caleb Williams (Collage) experience like how you don’t even know if he will succeed in the NFL

Bryce Young, Trevor Lawrence, JaMarcus Russell, Joe Burrow, Tim Couch, David Carr, Jameis Winston, Kyler Murray, Sam Bradford, Steve Bartkowski, Baker Mayfield, Jeff George, Carson Palmer, Alex Smith, Jared Goff, Vinny Testaverde, Andrew Luck, Drew Bledsoe, Matthew Stafford, Michael Vick, Jim Plunkett, Eli Manning, Cam Newton, Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, John Elway, Payton Manning. All picked 1st in the NFL Draft, all considered "Can't Miss", Game Changer", "Generational". The Bottom line is, who won a SuperBowl? I count 7, and I may be wrong with that count, but that is 7 out of 27, or 26% and all of them. ALL of the SuperBowl winners are from the 14+ years ago. I respect Stephen A's opinion, but taking a QB 1st in the NFL draft does NOT guarantee winning a SuperBowl, or drafting a generational QB! Many of the names shown above are busts! Caleb Williams is a smaller version of Fields. What everyone outside of Chicago is forgetting is that Fields has had SHIT for coaching at the pro level, and an historically awful supporting cast(he has NEVER had a Center that's even functional). He's been running for his life for 3 years! His OC was Nagy, who has destroyed the KC Offense, and Getsy who carried Rogers jock for 3 years and never called plays in the NFL. Stephen A., if the Bears draft Williams and maintain this coaching staff, we will be talking about Williams being a bust in a couple years.

Bears are 7-5 in last 12 games. They do not "suck". That is not a small sample size and the season wasn't "over". Minus that Flacco miracle comeback, the Bears would likely be going to the playoffs.

DJ Moore, Justin Fields, Cole Kmet, Marvin Harrison Jr.. with that defense.. 🔥🔥🔥💪

You can tell smith doesn’t watch bears football

If you listen to Chris Simms today talking about the Bears he says the Bears are one of the best teams in the league. He also says Justin Fields is becoming a great QB before our eyes. He has other things to say as well but I’m just wondering how is it that there is such a drastic difference between his and Stephen A’s takes???

I don't know if you read the comments Stephen A. but I just gotta start off saying by saying I got mad respect and admiration for you as a journalist and an analyst. That being said, I respectfully disagree. All those stats are stats and one can't ignore that. But I will say that regardless of those stats, look at those stats when they only pertain to just targeting D.J. Moore. 8tds, 0 ints, 140 passer ratting. I'm currently typing this on the fly because I'm on the train and dont have the numbers 100%. But you see what he does with one big name receiver. Now put Marvin Harrison Jr. on the other side. Those stats will improve RIDICULOUSLY. You trade that 1 pick and get a couple more later on and you draft some linemen and some more pieces, you got something cooking. You also can't overlook the fact that he has that locker room and this city around him. Regardless of how good Williams is, you bring that in and it all unravels. If Williams was in the playoffs, it's a different story, but dude didn't even play in the bowl game. Chicago wants a dude who wants to play and any cost. Like I said, I got mad respect for you. But I gotta stick with Fields.

The numbers do lie if the talent around you is sub-par.

Then why do the Steelers, Jets, Raiders, Falcons, etc. all want him. Todays media would have never given Manning, Aikman or Elway a chance to progress

How can one compare a college QB to a pro QB? A college QB successes n college predicts n projects him to be a successful pro QB, which is definitely not always the case. We’ve all seen many times draft bust. For the media to say to get rid of J Fields for C Williams is ridiculous! There’s way more to it than that…

Fields has needed help since his rookie yr and just received it this year. Do you think it’s going to change with Caleb Williams? They have never help this dude since day 1. So they’re going to change everything they have been doing for over 5 yrs just because they draft Caleb Williams. History says no

Please bring another fact that Lil Mr Williams sat for his bowl game because he was not in the Heisman voting talk. He is not a leader, Justin is a leader just on the fact the locker room wants him.

The fact that he said he has researchers should tell you everything. This is why real boxing fans don’t check for his opinion on the sport and neither should nfl fans.

Ok, we are looking at Caleb Williams College Numbers. We are looking at Caleb Williams at 7-5 in an easy conference with 1 coach at USC, what's the excuse for that. Then, take a look at Justin Fields college numbers they were just as impressive going more than 12 wins. Finally, the last QB selected from USC from the Bears Cade Mcnown, how did that turn out.We are definitely going to keep Justin Fields and get Boat load and Overhaul of draft picks, but we better get a name brand ( ( Marvin Harrison) for a change.

It is completely impossible to predict if Williams is better than Fields. More often than not the #1 overall pick QB fails to produce anywhere near what he did in College. Whatever great things Williams has done in college are against college players, some of whom might by NFL starters in the future. Every great thing Fields has done as a pro has been against actual NFL starters. Fields showed real progress this year now that he finally has a real #1 receiver. I have been a Bears fan for 40+ years. I think that the Bears should pick up Field's 5th year option and use the #1 to load up on picks, especially top quality offensive linemen.

He’s literally comparing college stats to NFL stats!! This is an absolutey garbage take

Keep Justin build around him he is a baller

I say this without really having paid much attention to Chicago's roster. It doesn't matter who is at QB. If the team doesn't have a line and other tools around him, he will struggle. The scheme can get you a little more production if it fits the person calling the signals. Bringing in a different guy might give you some improvement, but if you don't have it, you don't have it.

By no means am I justin fields fan, nor do I think he’s franchise QB material. But a QB problem is not the only problem in Chicago. I don’t think there’s any QB in the league or in the current draft cohort that could make the bears a good team. I think they should draft Marvin Harrison Jr and beef up that OL, this would make them a much better team overall. Kick the can down the road a bit and worry about the QB next. Who knows, if you improve other areas of that bears offense fields might even shine a bit more

Rhetorical question. What matters more? A QB's stats in his first 18 starts of his career or his most recent 18 starts? Justin's rookie stats were under a different offense and different OC and he was given no first team snaps all training camp that year. If you look at his last 20 starts or so, which is what really matters, it paints a very different picture. Sure, his average pass YPG aren't very high but there's a reason for it. The Bears run the ball a lot and Justin himself runs the ball a lot. Also, last year he was working with the lowest paid WR group in the league and his #1 WR was probably a 3 or a 4 on most good teams. Let's also not forget he had one of the worst pass blocking lines last year. You combine all that and of course his passing stats aren't going to be overly impressive. Of course his overall career stats aren't going to look great because up until this year he was set up to fail. So when most of your stats are made up of games in which you were set up to fail of course your stats aren't going to be great. But what has he done recently? As someone who follows the Bears and watches every game it's clear as day he's improved a lot from the first game of the year until now.

TRADE the no1 pick down to draft MHJr. Caleb is not that dude. Sorry to all the nfl pundits!

Are we really going to compare 3 years of college stats vs first 3 years in NFL, imo there’s some in media who just want Justin out of Chicago like Stephen A and Shannon Sharpe, so is Justin bad or is it the coaching/system? They bring up numbers to say he’s bad, but bring up teams who could use him? While QB is important, you still need a team surrounding them with proper coaching. I just want to ask if Mahomes was playing for the Bears the last 3 seasons, would he have 2 SBs?

As a Bears fan watching the games, the stats that reflect bad on Fields are going to get the OC fired. Of the Bears 27 losses, THE TEAM HAD A LEAD WITH 5 MINUTES TO GO 16 times and lost the lead!!! Then asked Fields to save them 16 times with less than 5 minutes to go. Do some RESEARCH SAS!!! Fields is a QB and now he has a defense. Also, y’all said BRYCE YOUNG was better last year… FoH

Then every team you say ask what it's like to not have a QB are the EXACT same teams y'all say are going to be willing to trade for Justin. Nothing about that makes any sense

Compare Justin Fields college stats to Caleb Williams and see if there's still a huge difference. Can't compare college to NFL

The national media is so clueless about the Bears 😂

That RC and Michael Irvin clip is priceless 😭🤣😅🤣😭

Caleb will be coming to a finished product verses Fields suffering from a lack of a finished product!!!

Keep fields trade down get more starters in the draft.

@stephenasmith How many games of the Chicago Bears did you watch? It is difficult to get an opinion from someone who doesn't watch the team and reads stats only.

Can someone inform Stephen A that the bears didn't secure the number 1 pick because of their "suckiness" but because it was a pick owed to them from the panthers?

10k yards of offense and 50tds is not trash by any measure

If Stephen A hasn’t seen every second of the Bears past 3 years with Fields then he can’t comment on this! First year was a lame duck year for the coach and GM which they got fired. The second year the Bears under new GM Poles cleaned house and traded away all their best players to tank in order to get a high draft pick, they were God AWFUL and no qb in the history of football would’ve flourished in that crap!! This year the Bears would be in the playoffs if it wasn’t for 3 games the coaching staff single handedly lost! But you wouldn’t know that if you haven’t watched, these guys watch replays and stats and come to a conclusion, which is wreckless and lazy

The Bears are currently 7-9. They will finish this season w/ 7 or 8 wins. If they get the best player in the draft, Marvin Harrison, Jr., that number immediately goes up to 10 or 11 wins. This young man is that good. We know he has the pedigree, that's for sure. The Bears should stick with Justin and pair him up w/ Harrison. They probably already have a repoire with the Ohio St. connection. But this guy will come in and make an immediate impact, and make your team better right away. I don't think this is a gamble to say he records 1000+ yard seasons right away.

His oline was injured at the start of the season and he hasnt been sacked as much since theyve been healthy and the defense has been upgraded by the arrival M Sweat. People who havent been watching the Bears dont realize how bad this team has been for the last two years and Fields was the only bright spot out of the last 2 seasons

Assuming Bears have similar D talent... Bring in new O C. Keep JF. Draft or bring in another good receiver and center. Pick O and D lineman. Will make playoffs easily next year.

As a Bears fan, I'm just gonna trust Poles to make the right decision. He has earned the benefit of the doubt from me.

Mr. Smith, did you watch the games the Bears won in the last 5 games? They dominated some of the playoff teams. They don’t suck.

Stephen A Smith needs to cool it with the Bears hate. Teams can change so much season to season. For him to say the Bears suck would be like someone saying the Lions sucked at the end of last season. Nobody was saying that though. Both teams are on the rise.

Bears should Keep Justin fields. They haven’t had a good Oline, Defense, Wide Recievers, Coaching since he’s been there and now they are catching their stride Give him the weapons (MHJ) and draft a top Oline Men with their pick. CJ stroud this good as a starter bc he got the weapons, Oline is good and coaching is good. Majority of QBs don’t walk into that. CJ and Mahomes did

I'll say this if the Bears indeed commit to Justin and pass on Caleb they better completely build the offense around him and his skill set; don't attempt to transform him to a pocket type QB because it'll most likely backfire on them.

Steven A giving me his opinion on football is equivalent to my mailman giving me his opinion on triple bypass surgery

These the same people that said Brock Purdy was Elite. 1-THE TEAM AINT GOOD 2-THIS IS HIS SECOND HEAD COACH 3-HE HAS HIS SECOND NEW SYSTEM HE HAS TO RUN. 4-COACHING PLAYS A FACTOR AS WELL.

Stephen A, Plz keep my team name out ur mouth, I will debate u until the wheels fall off

Fields has improved every year, while I think Caleb Williams will be a better qb, any qb will fail in Chicago- need more offensive weapons and need to bolster that line. Draft Marvin Harrison Jr. with the No 1, shore up that offensive line. With a good offseason, bears can compete for the playoffs next year with Justin Fields. If this was Caleb Williams at the end of 2022, I would have said take Caleb, his draft grade is up there with Luck and Lawrence. I still think Caleb is a great player and undisputedly the best qb in this class (much better than Maye), but there were some concerns watching his tape from this year (especially that Notre Dame film). I now think he's more of a "typical number 1 pick" as opposed to "generational talent".

Bears don’t even suck. They’re probably one of the better teams at the moment. If it weren’t for a few historic collapses caused by the coaching staff the conversation around fields and the team would be very different. They could easily be in a playoff spot right now with an 11-6 record

So he’s saying we suck for doing exactly what the Lions got praised by everyone for doing last year 🙃 Life as a Bears fan is hilarious 😂 No matter what we do good the national media will always say it’s bad.

This is a joke. Media narratives always captivate lowsy fans. Bears are keeping Fields

Bears defense went from bad to one of the top defenses in a matter of weeks and the team were only eliminated from playoff contention this passed weekend. Cut it out.

Justin Fields last six games: 1,213 yards, 5 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions. 80.9 rating over that time has raised Fields to 21st in the NFL in rating at 85.8, just above Gardner Minshew and below Kyler Murray. Jordan Love last six games: 1,512 yards, 14 touchdowns, and just 1 interception. He has completed 68.8 percent of his passes and has a rating of 110.2 over that time. We MUST get Caleb Williams.

JF1 is just now reaching the prime of his career. The game is slowing down for him and there's just no way you can move on from him.

That was the funniest segment I've ever seen on First Take 😂😂😂

Justin hasn’t thrown as many yards as other QB’s because he’s been forced to run in a lot of games due to the fact that he had no one other than Mooney as a receiver. Then Mooney got hurt and missed a bunch of games last year and the only guy Justin could rely on was Cole Kmet. He has HAD to run. To be fair you NEED to add his running yards to his throwing for a total. Because he PRODUCES when he runs. And now they can actually do designed runs because the offense is finally protecting better, he finally has a #1 receiver to throw to. And the defense is much improved. This is a team sport. This guy talking isn’t just obnoxious and hard to listen to, he hasn’t been paying attention.

Doesn’t he have to play an nfl game first to make this a legit question?

what happened at that time? Sweat... he completely changed the D. Bears now have one of the best

Wow. The 4th quarter stat breakdown was quality

14 Games, 238 Com, 354 Att 67.2% 3273 yards 9.2avg 41 td 3int 181.4 rating. -Justin Fields Soph yr before COVID yr. The numbers from Caleb don't mean it will translate in the NFL. Besides he's suspect for off the field conduct. Coming to Chicago will be rough for him.

Irving really annoys me most of the time 'here we go' but that was FN amazing. I wish I had seen that a year ago haha. Those moves are what legends are made of. I'm a die-hard 50 year Bear fan, I see both sides of the Fields debate but one thing most are not talking about is how he handles the media. Chicago media is ruthless. Fields earned the respect of his teammates IMHO by how he handles the media. None of it bothers him on gameday. He has his issues there's no doubt. But, McMahon was a good example of the attitude you have to have and Fields has that but he's also media-friendly. He's likable, he has the skills but you will have to put more money into the supporting cast on offense and pick and choose the players on D that earn their keep. I think Fields is better than Cutler... And Cutler got us to a Super Bowl. You add Marvin Harrison Jr. and one of the top Centers and you have a decent O.

You can't compare college stats to pro stats, that's ignorant.

Penix is better than both. Only 2 QBs have thrown for 4500 yards in back to back seasons...Mahommes & Penix . He's pinpoint accurate on deep passes & quick release .Throws through tight windows & timing precision

Caleb will struggle as well if the bears draft him

Didn't we see the same thing from Detroit last season and how have they looked this season?

Sadly, HC Riley recklessly changed Trojan Football, which in turn resulted in placing poor oline, defense, and secondary around Caleb. Had friendship not dominated Riley decisions, CW would have won 2nd Heisman and team would have been playoff contenders. Developmentally, who has best upside, Justin 3yr NFL QB with contract, or CW, a transitioning QB with Mahomes potential? That's the question?

Fields can be very good. They gotta run the Lamar Jackson scheme & let him grow.

As a Bears fan who actually watches every game Justin’s growth has shown especially this season after getting a real #1 receiver, you can draft MHJ to pair with Moore and build more talent or draft Caleb Williams and see if he pans out which the last 8 #1 pick qb haven’t, also you have to factor in locker room fit and leadership….the locker room and team all want Justin Fields… Caleb is great but idk how he would handle Chicago media and has character concerns but is a hell of a talent

I can't even believe Stephen A did not mention that Justin Fields comes from Atlanta. He concluded that he's not in the right city. It's podcast malpractice not to mention that he'd be a decent fit in his hometown for a team that needs a quarterback.

The Bears winning five of the last seven games is an objective indication of improvement. Truthfully it’s not all been on Justin Fields, it’s because they made the Montez Sweat move and the resulting pressure they’ve been putting on QBs has dramatically improved the the Bears takeaways on defense. Caleb Williams looks like a good prospect but is he a sure thing - no one ever knows. I love when analysts call him the next Patrick Mahomes when they couldn’t even predict Patrick Mahomes being Patrick Mahomes coming out of college. If JF1 can lead the Bears to victory in GB this weekend. Keep him. It’s basically a playoff game atmosphere. It should show you what you’re looking for.

I can point to several games where Fields had td passes dropped. This is why watching the games is important and not just citing statistics. He has 1 year with a #1 WR. Fields isn't the problem and Williams (who has bust written all over him imo) isn't the solution.

you gotta keep him he all 17-16 games were talking about a qb throwing for 3k 20 in the air and 800 on the ground

Add fields rushing, dude has been well over 225 is most games he has played. Only saying bc fields gets this team on the other side of the 50 so much so you have too. Also factor field goals and rb touchdowns. I honestly think Bears fans like this dude bc they actually watch the ganes.

I live for the day when Justin Fields proves all of the sports reporters, analysts and naysayers wrong. Fields is flawed but he is a stud. Dude is only 24 and still learning and improving. You can’t put enough value on the intangibles like leadership, hard work and character.

Yeah let’s draft the painted nail cry baby to come play in the snow . Not fields who has thrown dimes to dj moor and Kemmet all year while having no other receivers that can catch a ball

I’d trade the Panthers pick twice Prime Times son is coming out 2025 it’s worth keeping Fields around a little longer 😂

After the crying to his mom thing... Id say marvin Harrison jr should be the presumptive #1 pick. If the bears can get him and sucker somebody into giving up picks, they might have a team for the next few years

The question is what plays were being called in the 4th vs the first half plus the management of plays in reference to down and yardage needed.

I would rather have MHJ and Moore with Bowers and Kmet without even having Fields than miss out on MHJ and run things with Caleb Williams with limited weapons in his first year. Bagent would BECOME a TRUE STARTER with MHJ, Moore, Bowers, and Kmet.

Can't put all the blame on fields. Williams has more upsize than Justin. Trade fields , get a at least a # 2 draft pick ..

CW will be running for his life as a Bear's QB and it's going to be the same situation they are in now. Bear need lots of help, they need the right OC to compliment CW style of play, they need to fix the O-line, they need some weapons around him, RBs, WRs, TEs, etc. 🤔

Fields had 3 offensive coordinators in 3 years. You can’t dismiss that fact. How many QBs would thrive under 3 OCs in three years?

Being a die hard bears fan has been rough over the last 3 decades. Surprisingly, Stephen A's take isn't ridiculous. The only nuance, or devils advocate, point I would make... Having the wrong HC... Having the wrong OC... Fields spent the entire year last year, playing from behind by double digits, with far inferior pieces around him. Having watched every game, I have to feel that this is the primary fault of the people above him, and the primary reason that he was forced into many many bad situations in the 4th qtr over the last year and a half, and results in bad numbers. Just my observation. And as much as I am a fields fan, and the city of Chicago desperately needs a qb, I do believe he would thrive elsewhere.

Agree with SAS. Trade Fields. Draft Willams. I'm from Chicago. Our best quarterback was Sid Luckman and he played in the 1940s.

Comparing college stats to NFL stats 🤦🏾‍♂️

Im just say it's a few great qbs that start off slow if a player comes into the wrong system he not going to turn so well look at how some qbs have change teams in the last off-season and have really turn there careers around