Bears Legend Reveals Shocking Stance On The Justin Fields Situation

Opinions vary wildly when it comes to what the Chicago Bears should do with Justin Fields. One constant in the debate that is current and former players agree the team must keep him another year, utilizing their draft picks to further build around him. They believe he showed enough towards the end of this season to justify more time, hopefully with a far better offensive coordinator guiding the way. However, at least one notable name didn't join that bandwagon. That is Brian Urlacher.

One would think the Hall of Fame linebacker would be in favor of keeping Fields. He said many times over the years he wished the Bears had kept Kyle Orton as the starting quarterback rather than chase a superior talent. He felt the team was good enough to win with Orton, who was an excellent leader and teammate. Staying the course with a guy the locker room loves feels like an Urlacher staple.

Not this time. He appeared on The Zach Gelb Show for CBS Sports Radio to discuss the Bears' issue. There is no struggling with this decision for him. Take Caleb Williams.

Urlacher seems to have seen enough of Justin Fields.

His words ring true. If you're still asking whether a quarterback is "the guy" after year three, he probably isn't the guy. Fields plays a brand of football that someone like Urlacher wouldn't likey. While he's exciting to watch at times, he's inefficient and doesn't do the best job protecting the football. It's hard to win games that way. The situation wasn't perfect, but Fields had three seasons to show he was the real deal. He didn't get it done. There are still too many holes in his game as a passer to justify passing on a quarterback at #1 overall for the second year in a row.

This is why Urlacher remains somebody worth listening to. He may not be an offensive guy, but he's not stupid. He understood Jay Cutler wasn't great for the locker room shortly after he arrived in 2009. He knew the Nick Foles trade would do more harm than good for the Bears in 2020. That proved true. Now he is certain the Justin Fields experiment is over. Whether it's Williams or somebody else, they have to find a new quarterback. It might be time to heed his words.