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The tape on Fields was not pretty and it was marked by indecision. A good example was I believe his first pass play. It was a flea flicker to St Brown for 30 yards. But if you look at the play more closely, it was one of several missed opportunities.
The flea flicker did exactly what it intended to do, it sucked in the deep safety. But not only that, it fooled the slot corner who was covering Mooney. He gets caught looking in the backfield, allowing Mooney to blow by him with no safety help.
As Fields’ first read on the play is to Mooney, I don’t see why he moves off of him, especially knowing Kmet is 1 on 1 with an edge rusher. Yes, on its own it is a ticky tack gripe on what turned into a positive play. But this was an underlying problem throughout the game…
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This is a play action pass right at the beginning of a drive. Getsy is trying to take a deep shot right after the Packers scored a TD. Mooney is coming open here. Fields has the arm strength and touch to make this throw. All he has to do is step up in the pocket and let it rip…
Fields steps up but does not deliver the pass. He was not comfortable making the throw, which is fine, because he then had the option of running through the left side for a huge gain….
But unfortunately, Fields runs the wrong way and into a sack due to the indecision of whether to just take off or try to keep the play alive and get it to the target in the flat…
Indecision causes a pretty egregious error here. Pettis is already wide open as Fields is 9 yards behind the line of scrimmage…
He doesn’t end up throwing it to him until he’s 2 yards beyond the LOS. If he didn’t see him, he didn’t see him. But you can’t compound your mistake by throwing the ball in that situation. It’s an alarming lack of awareness…
This is the first pass play of the second half. It is 2nd and 3. The Bears run a pick play for Kmet…
It’s a pretty simple read, Fields’ first read, and gets Kmet open for a potential 1st down. But Fields passes on it and takes the sack instead…
This sets up a 3rd and 9. On the play, Fields has a window to either Pettis on the deep curl or St. Brown over the top…
Fields can’t decide on which one to go to, misses the window on both, and ends up checking it down to his RB…
From the back view, you can just feel Fields’ angst as he goes through his reads…
The INT was in garbage time, so it’s not really as consequential as a normal INT. Except that it’s in keeping with the theme of the day. Here St Brown is open with Fields looking in his direction…
The problem is that Fields takes another 6 steps before releasing the ball, allowing the defender time to make up ground. Just prior, Fields does a brilliant job maneuvering the pocket…
But a lot of the responsibility for the pick falls on St Brown for running a terrible route. He should be taking a straight line shot to the sideline. But at the last moment he turns upfield, allowing the cornerback to undercut the throw…
There were really not many pass plays to analyze, especially after taking out the screen plays. So Fields really couldn’t get into any kind of rhythm. Let’s hope Fields learns from his mistakes and Getsy can get a better game plan together against Houston.
The flea flicker did exactly what it intended to do, it sucked in the deep safety. But not only that, it fooled the slot corner who was covering Mooney. He gets caught looking in the backfield, allowing Mooney to blow by him with no safety help.
As Fields’ first read on the play is to Mooney, I don’t see why he moves off of him, especially knowing Kmet is 1 on 1 with an edge rusher. Yes, on its own it is a ticky tack gripe on what turned into a positive play. But this was an underlying problem throughout the game…
This is a play action pass right at the beginning of a drive. Getsy is trying to take a deep shot right after the Packers scored a TD. Mooney is coming open here. Fields has the arm strength and touch to make this throw. All he has to do is step up in the pocket and let it rip…
Fields steps up but does not deliver the pass. He was not comfortable making the throw, which is fine, because he then had the option of running through the left side for a huge gain….
But unfortunately, Fields runs the wrong way and into a sack due to the indecision of whether to just take off or try to keep the play alive and get it to the target in the flat…
Indecision causes a pretty egregious error here. Pettis is already wide open as Fields is 9 yards behind the line of scrimmage…
He doesn’t end up throwing it to him until he’s 2 yards beyond the LOS. If he didn’t see him, he didn’t see him. But you can’t compound your mistake by throwing the ball in that situation. It’s an alarming lack of awareness…
This is the first pass play of the second half. It is 2nd and 3. The Bears run a pick play for Kmet…
It’s a pretty simple read, Fields’ first read, and gets Kmet open for a potential 1st down. But Fields passes on it and takes the sack instead…
This sets up a 3rd and 9. On the play, Fields has a window to either Pettis on the deep curl or St. Brown over the top…
Fields can’t decide on which one to go to, misses the window on both, and ends up checking it down to his RB…
From the back view, you can just feel Fields’ angst as he goes through his reads…
The INT was in garbage time, so it’s not really as consequential as a normal INT. Except that it’s in keeping with the theme of the day. Here St Brown is open with Fields looking in his direction…
The problem is that Fields takes another 6 steps before releasing the ball, allowing the defender time to make up ground. Just prior, Fields does a brilliant job maneuvering the pocket…
But a lot of the responsibility for the pick falls on St Brown for running a terrible route. He should be taking a straight line shot to the sideline. But at the last moment he turns upfield, allowing the cornerback to undercut the throw…
There were really not many pass plays to analyze, especially after taking out the screen plays. So Fields really couldn’t get into any kind of rhythm. Let’s hope Fields learns from his mistakes and Getsy can get a better game plan together against Houston.
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