Justin Fields needs to stick with Bears, however ‘it is a enterprise’

CHICAGO — Quarterback Justin Fields stated his choice to unfollow the Chicago Bears on Instagram is nothing greater than him needing a break from social media this offseason.

Showing on the “St. Brown Brothers” podcast, Fields cleared the air about not following the Bears and the NFL’s account after it was found Monday that the quarterback now not adopted his crew on Instagram.

“Why do individuals take social media so critical?” Fields stated. “I nonetheless mess with the Bears, this and that. I am simply making an attempt to take a little bit break. I unfollowed the Bears and the NFL. I am not simply making an attempt to have soccer on my timeline.

“It is one thing that I do not need to see on my timeline. I am about to go on trip. I do not need to see no soccer. And guess what? [The social media discourse is] both maintain Fields, we would like Fields. It is both draft Caleb [Williams]. I am uninterested in listening to the speak. I simply need it to be over.”

The Bears personal the No. 1 choose in April’s draft and face a monumental choice at quarterback. Fields, 24, simply accomplished his third season in Chicago and has been the topic of intense debate for months as as to whether the Bears ought to keep on with the quarterback and construct round him or use the draft’s high choose on a rookie quarterback, with USC’s Williams, the consensus high prospect, on the heart of the dialogue.

Bears normal supervisor Ryan Poles has acknowledged that the franchise is contemplating all choices at quarterback in 2024. “I did suppose Justin obtained higher,” Poles stated in January. “I believe he can lead this crew. However on the identical time, there is a distinctive state of affairs the place I’ve to look, and our workers has to look, at all the things, and that is precisely what we’ll do.”

When requested by Detroit Lions large receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown whether or not he needs to remain in Chicago, Fields repeated his want to play for the Bears.

“Yeah, in fact. In fact I need to keep,” Fields stated. “I can not see myself enjoying in one other place. But when it was as much as me, I’d need to keep in Chicago. I like the town. The town’s lit. The followers there are nice, and the individuals. It is a enterprise. I ain’t obtained no management over it; no matter occurs, occurs. I believe the largest factor with all this happening proper now, I simply need it to be over. Like, simply let me know if I am getting traded, let me know if I am staying, this and that.”

Fields, who’s from Georgia, was additionally requested about his ideas on the Atlanta Falcons, a crew that additionally has a quarterback choice to make this offseason and has been linked to the Bears quarterback as a doable commerce vacation spot.

“Atlanta could be robust,” Fields stated. “The one con of going again house is simply individuals hit my cellphone [up] loopy wanting tickets to the sport. However I believe they have plenty of playmakers on the crew: in fact Bijan [Robinson]; they have my boy Kyle [Pitts]; after which, in fact, Drake [London], too. They most likely want yet one more receiver, however they’ve positively obtained some guys over there, and their protection was good this 12 months, too.”