QB Fields: Tired of Bears being 'almost there'

CHICAGO -- Standing astatine the dais postgame inactive partially successful azygous with writer stains each implicit his achromatic pants -- a motion of however galore hits helium took successful a 12-7 nonaccomplishment to the Washington Commanders connected Thursday nighttime -- Bears backmost Justin Fields voiced vexation implicit what has resulted successful Chicago dropping 3 consecutive games portion stumbling to a 2-4 start.

"We ever get told that 'we're astir there, we're astir there,'" Fields said. "Me, personally, I'm bushed of being astir there. I'm bushed of being conscionable this close. I consciousness similar I've been proceeding it for truthful agelong now. At the extremity of the day, each you tin bash is get backmost to work. That's the lone absorption you have. You unrecorded and you learn. Just get backmost adjacent week and support going, support getting better."

The catalyst of the nonaccomplishment to the Commanders was Chicago's inability to people connected 3 trips wrong the reddish zone, the 2nd clip that's happened successful its past 3 games. The Bears besides went 0-for-3 successful the reddish portion during a 20-12 nonaccomplishment astatine the New York Giants successful Week 4.

Fields threw an interception astatine Washington's 5-yard enactment connected Chicago's 2nd thrust of the game, which was the archetypal reddish portion prime of his career. On their pursuing drive, the Bears got down to the Commanders' 1-yard line, acknowledgment successful portion to a 64-yard tally from Khalil Herbert connected the archetypal play from scrimmage. Herbert could not punch the shot successful connected a fourth-down run.

Chicago's last travel wrong the reddish portion came connected its past thrust aft Fields scrambled for 39 yards, the longest tally of his career. Facing fourth-and-4 wrong the 5-yard line, Fields threw a walk to Darnell Mooney, which deed the receiver successful the thorax arsenic his assemblage crossed the level of the extremity line. Mooney bobbled the shot and did not unafraid it until coming down conscionable shy of the extremity zone.

The repeated reddish portion issues produced a blunt reply from the quarterback.

"When the play is there, marque it," Fields said. "Plain and simple. There is nary logistics. It's not complicated. It's erstwhile you person that opportunity, finish. It's that simple. We conscionable didn't bash that tonight. You don't person to marque it harder than it is, transportation and catch."

But 1 play ate astatine Fields postgame. On the Bears' 2nd reddish portion drive, Fields and Ryan Griffin failed to link connected second-and-3 from the Washington 3-yard enactment erstwhile the seasoned choky extremity had 4.05 yards of separation, according to Next Gen Stats.

"The 1 that's making maine huffy is the 1 to Griff successful the extremity zone," Fields said. "He astir apt could person ran a small spot more, but he's wide open. I got to deed that. I'm an NFL quarterback. I got to deed that."

According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Bears are the 2nd squad this play to accumulate astatine slightest 390 yards of discourtesy and little than 10 points successful a game. Fields finished 14-of-27 for 190 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

Mooney led the Bears successful targets (12) and receptions (7) and finished 2nd successful receiving yards with 68.

Fields and the discourtesy failed to travel up connected a beardown second-half show from a Week 5 nonaccomplishment astatine the Minnesota Vikings, wherever the backmost had the Bears successful presumption precocious aft scoring 19 unanswered points.

Bears manager Matt Eberflus didn't judge Fields' outing 4 days aft losing to the Vikings was a measurement back.

"I deliberation helium took a measurement forward," Eberflus said. "I truly do.

"Because, the toughness. For me, the quality to instrumentality the shot and thrust it down astatine the precise extremity to springiness america a accidental to triumph it, that's to maine what was the improvement. OK? Was determination different moments that we request to cleanable up and discourtesy needs to cleanable up? Sure. But we had the drives down determination and if we punch those in, the game's a antithetic game. That's 21 points. So for me, that was truly inspiring to ticker him bash that astatine the precise end, to instrumentality america down to triumph it astatine the precise end. And again, we came up short. We've got to bash a amended occupation adjacent time."

Statistically, Fields remains astatine the bottommost of the NFL, ranking past successful completion percent (54.8%), off-target percent (24.4%), sack percent (13.5%) and unit percent (46.2%). His completion percent implicit anticipation (-10.7%) and interception percent (4.3%) ranks 31st.

As a whole, the Bears person thrown 115 passes this season, the fewest by immoderate squad done six games since the 1982 Patriots.

Fields took respective dense hits Thursday that near him dilatory to get up successful betwixt plays. The backmost said postgame that helium reaggravated an wounded to his near enarthrosis but did not specify whether the archetypal wounded happened against the Commanders oregon successful a erstwhile game.

Fields was pressured 18 times by Washington, which ties a vocation high. The Bears backmost has been pressured connected 46% of his dropbacks this season, which is the highest complaint of unit a backmost has faced successful the archetypal six games of a play since ESPN began tracking pressures successful 2009.

The Bears dealt with injuries up beforehand to near defender Lucas Patrick and close defender Teven Jenkins, some of whom missed clip successful the 3rd 4th but aboriginal returned.

Asked whether the Bears would request to reevaluate the violative enactment during their mini-bye week, Eberflus pointed to imaginable changes crossed the board.

"We're going to reassess everything," Eberflus said. "Everything from strategy to players to everything. We're going to bash a bully occupation of that present coming up. And we're going to bash a bully occupation of truly getting it to the players.

"If it mightiness beryllium a lineup alteration oregon mightiness beryllium technique, fundamentals, each that, scheme, however we're moving definite plays, who we're getting shot to, what we're doing well, what we request to amended on."