quarterback with a hip injury is out for Sunday. Nathan
Peterman is in, he finishes Fields. Does 64 yards shy of
setting, the single-season quarterback, rushing record,
that was set by Lamar Jackson in 2019 with 1206.
They said last week, they were going to let Justin Fields
finish the year. They weren't going to put any restrictions
on him. They felt it was important for him to get live
wraps and maybe he is truly injured.
Heard. But
bottom line is Chris,
what are the Bears really playing for here, the 3 and 13.
This is how you tank without getting yourself in trouble.
This is the very soft subtle.
The wind means nothing to us the loss. Improves our draft
position. What are we doing here?
And on top of it, why put Justin feels at risk of any
type of injury. Even if he's completely healthy, he could
still get injured and if he's impaired at all. What's
the point? There's no benefit here. There's no positive here.
And you know Texans fans are like
Tank and Colts fans on
their tanking. Well,
this is the right way to do it. This is the smart way to do it.
You never say it. First rule of tank Club is don't talk about
tank club. And if you do happen to talk about tank Club, just
say you were joking, the NFL give you a pass
because I don't think the NFL wants to find that anyone was
tanking because it undermines the Integrity of the entire
league, if they find that someone was so there may be
an element of that to it, but it happens every year
and
I won't be surprised. If other teams make strategic decisions
about not Not playing their best players in week 18 with
an eye toward recognizing who cares? If we lose
if we win or who cares if we lose because we win as
a relates to where we draft in 2023? Well I think so I think
this one's, you know, it's more about protecting the
best asset on your franchise more than anything.
He just it's too many hits.
He's been beat up too much. He was hit way too much last week
to where it? Just,
yes, you can get the rushing record next year. And yeah,
there's this is all a bit been about planning for next year
are all the moves they've made tanking whatever you want
to call it, you know. I don't know, tell the Eagles about it
though, where they tank in two weeks ago and they were having
to sweat it out against the Bears and all that. But yeah,
it's the point of the Year here, where it's the last game.
Wait, what are we really fighting for?
And yes, when you talk about the draft position, I'm sure
that makes at, you know, added adds extra incentive right now.
Right there. The what their the second pick of the draft,
right? And if they won the game, By some stretch of
the imagination on Sunday then then they could end up being, maybe
the fourth
or fifth pick of the draft depending on
how things shake out.
But I think the number one thing is the health of your
Superstar quarterback who proved to us this year
that. Yeah okay wait we know there's some more work to be
done in throwing and pocket and all that but damn there's some
things that he can do at an elite level that you can build
around and that I think is the number one thing that
that's at play here is just the protection of
Of that freak of nature, that star who's
going to break the rushing record next year. Anyways,
by the way, by the way,
another Bears, note very important. But yeah, Virginia
McCaskey, the daughter of George. Halas turns, 100. Wow,
that's impressive. Unbelievable longevity, happy birthday,
Virginia McCaskey,
man. That is that there really is a hundred years old. That's
a milestone. I know I'll never see. So, congratulations to
her, that's for sure. She's seen some Ball in her day.
That's for that's for sure as well man. She's got a she's got
a great gauge of the game and where it's gone.
Well that's right. And just to think I mean the daughter of
one of the founding figures of the entire sport of football
still going strong and still running the Chicago Bears.
Let's go ahead and take a break when we returned is Davante
Adams. Want to continue to be a member
of the Las Vegas Raiders
if his good friend and college teammate, Derek Carr is not
there. Something that Adams addressed yesterday will let
you hear what he had to say next here on PFT Lon.