Bears' QB Justin Fields has a pretty significant shoulder injury
Following Thursday's 12-7 loss to the Commanders, Bears QB Justin Fields indicated that he re-aggravated an injury to his left (non-throwing) shoulder, Grant Gordon of NFL.com reports.
"I'm hurting. Hurting pretty good," Fields said. "Got a long weekend, so I'll have some extra time to heal up."
Fields specified it was a pre-existing injury to his left shoulder.
"I hurt it a while back, so it kinda just reaggravated it," he said.
The second-year quarterback took a pounding against the Commanders, as he was sacked on 15.6% of his dropbacks and pressured on 37.5%, per Next Gen Stats, during a matchup in which he was sacked five times and took 12 QB hits. Those numbers are truly eye-popping. You can't expect to have success when your franchise quarterback is taking that many hits on a weekly basis.
The good news is that, as Fields pointed out Thursday, the Bears' next game is not until Oct. 24 against the Patriots, which will afford him some added healing time ahead of Week 7 action.
