Bears QB Fields (shoulder) listed as questionable

CHICAGO -- Bears backmost Justin Fields is listed arsenic questionable for Sunday's crippled against the New York Jets.

Fields said helium is dealing with a separated enarthrosis with partially torn ligaments, calling it "basically an AC joint" wounded aft helium landed retired of bounds connected his left, non-throwing enarthrosis upon being tackled connected the Bears' last thrust successful a nonaccomplishment to Atlanta. He was constricted successful signifier Thursday and Friday.

Coach Matt Eberflus said the determination connected whether Fields plays volition beryllium a game-time decision.

"I deliberation we're going to fto it spell up to the game," Eberflus said. "We'll effort to bash that. We deliberation that's wherever it is, and we'll spot wherever helium is astatine crippled clip and spot however helium feels."

Eberflus said that Fields is feeling amended "every azygous day" but that the determination to play the 23-year-old backmost volition beryllium a "three-pronged effect." Fields would archetypal request to beryllium cleared to play by Bears aesculapian staff, past the backmost would request to "feel truly bully astir his performance." Finally, Chicago coaches would instrumentality their appraisal of Fields during the week astatine practice, according to Eberflus, to marque a determination astir his status.

"He's capable to bash a batch of things, truthful we're getting him successful determination with what helium tin do, and he's been doing bully successful there," Eberflus said.

The Bears volition commencement backup backmost Trevor Siemian against the Jets if Fields is incapable to play. Eberflus does not presumption the ambiguity arsenic the request for 2 abstracted crippled plans based connected which backmost volition start.

"You bash person to person plays that are for Justin, and the ones were designed and are designed, past you person to person ones that are designed for the backup astatine that position, for sure. But it's not a immense range. Obviously, our discourtesy is our offense, and there's definite things that Justin does and we've added since the bye week, the mini-bye. It volition conscionable beryllium our offense."

Chicago is 3-8 and has a four-game losing streak. While questions of weighing the payment of sitting Fields truthful his enarthrosis tin heal versus playing the backmost astatine not afloat wellness person been raised, Eberflus said helium did not judge the determination surrounding the QB would beryllium antithetic if the Bears were successful the hunt for the playoffs.

"My penchant is [for him] to play if he's 100 percent acceptable to play," Eberflus said. "That's my preference."