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Robert Zeglinski

Bears’ Justin Fields made an incredible effort to keep play alive on ridiculous 51-yard touchdown against 49ers

Justin Fields Bears 49ers Dante Pettis

The first half of Justin Fields’ second season arguably couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start at a wet and mucky Soldier Field.

As the 49ers’ (-6.5) defensive front flexed its muscles on the Bears, the young quarterback completed just three-of-nine passes for 19 yards while being sacked twice. On the one real quality possession Fields managed to create, it was knocked out by an obscure penalty on special teams.

On Chicago’s first possession of the second half, Fields showed how he can still create incredible plays out of thin air, no matter the adverse circumstances. With the Bears facing a third-and-long, Fields was flushed out of the pocket. And when he (somehow?) escaped, the signal-caller found Dante Pettis, who took it to the house for a 51-yard touchdown that brought the Bears within three:

I mean, how? Not even in having the deftness to create space for yourself, but throwing across your body to the one open receiver. The Bears might not be great this year, but it seems they’ll at least have flashes like this from Fields for the future.

 

NFL fans were in awe over Fields' playmaking on his touchdown

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