BN Bears Show: It’s Time for Justin Fields to Take Charge

Patrick K. Flowers

Patrick K. Flowers

Sep 13, 2023

We’re four days away from the Chicago Bears Week 2 matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and we’re still trying to understand how they came out so flat against the Green Bay Packers last weekend.

On today’s episode of the BN Bears Show we discussed:

Should the Matt Eberflus bench Chase Claypool for his lack of effort against the Packers?

Drastic overcorrections on offense, and who does the blame fall on?

Is the coaching staff giving Justin Fields enough freedom at the line of scrimmage?

Keys to a win in Tampa Bay.

Why Justin Fields needs to step up and take charge of the offense, play his way, and take his shots, even if the coaching staff isn’t empowering him to do so.

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You can watch today’s episode below over at the new Bleacher Nation NFL YouTube page. Oh, and don’t forget to click that subscribe button over at YouTube. As we were last week, we’ll be live shortly after the game on Sunday for the BN Bears Postgame Show on the BN Bears social media pages and the Bleacher National NFL YouTube Page.

BN Bears Show: It’s Time for Justin Fields to Take Charge and Take Some Shots

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Patrick K. Flowers

Patrick grew up in Chicago's Bridgeport and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods before moving to the Western Suburbs of Chicago before eventually relocating to the Las Vegas area with his family in 2023. He started with Bleacher Nation in 2021 and has spent time as a Staff Writer and on the Chicago Blackhawks beat. He is currently a writer and editor at Bleacher Nation covering the Chicago Bears and the NFL at large and the author of the Bleacher Nation Newsletter. Patrick is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA).

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