One thing people are finding out fast about Justin Fields? He doesn't fear a challenge. If anything, he relishes them. The higher the mountain to climb, the harder he works to conquer it. He proved that in college. After failing to claim the starting job at Georgia in 2019, Fields made the bold decision to transfer elsewhere. Upon landing at Ohio State he immediately erased the legacy of Dwayne Haskins by carrying the Buckeyes to the CFB playoffs. Then a year later he went all the way to the national championship game. Despite the Big 10 conference nearly canceling football altogether.
So yeah. Fields is no stranger to traveling difficult roads. Yet his biggest test looms. Being an NFL quarterback, in general, is difficult. Being a quarterback for the Chicago Bears? That has proven to be like the final boss of a Dark Souls game. Borderline impossible. The list of those who have tried and ultimately failed is long. Hence why the Bears QB position has become a running joke for the media in recent years.
Fields aims to change all that.
Despite only playing two years at Ohio State, he became an instant favorite for Buckeye fans. Especially the younger generation. According to Bryan DeArdo of CBS Sports, one young fan who attended his youth football camp in Columbus, Ohio even said he was switching allegiance from his favorite NFL team to the Bears. Just because Fields was now their quarterback. Upon hearing this, the 22-year old smiled and gave a fitting reply.Justin Fields smiled when informed that a camper at his recent youth football camp in a Columbus, Ohio suburb said they plan to switch from following their favorite NFL team to follow him as he begins his career with the Chicago Bears. Fields, the No. 11 overall pick in the 2021 draft, left Ohio State as one of the most accomplished players in program history. Along with his play on the field, Fields' spearheading of a petition for the Big Ten to have a 2020 season etched his name in Ohio State football lore. "It feels good," Fields said about the camper's comment. "The more fans that we can get, the better. I'm just going to try to convert all these kids to be Bears fans, for sure."That is what franchise-changing players tend to do. The Chicago Bulls were hardly a favorite team for America's youth in the early 1980s. Then Michael Jordan arrived. The same goes for the Chicago Blackhawks in the early 2000s. Suddenly Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews show up and boom. This is the sort of impact Fields hopes to make. The first one to really ever do so at the quarterback position. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://www.sportsmockery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bears-QB-@justnfields-on-his-OSU-legacy-and-recruiting-new-Chicago-fans-from-his-youth-camp-Sunday.mp4"][/video]







